Michelle Obama

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.

We learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make… that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

I was the most productive when I was in a flex situation. Do not check for me for needless meetings.

I’ve been at so many tables with so many folks who are imposters. But shame on us if we sit by and let an imposter talk us down.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

The memory of a day like today reminds me to hold the ones I love that much tighter, that much longer… Take that much more time to be present and to feel the blessing of another day…

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you have headache, or sciatica, or leprosy, or thunder-stroke, I beseech you, by all angels, to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning.

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice.

If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.

Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health.