Michelle Obama Quotes

Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very disengaged, with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States of America and you just getting through school, I want you to know we have very much in common. For nothing in my life ever would have predicted that I would be standing here as the first African-American First Lady.
Michelle Obama

Life, School, Nothing

And let's be clear: It's not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren't healthy. It's also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy.
Michelle Obama

Diet, Enough, Marketing

And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.
Michelle Obama

Home, Mother, Father

Find people who will make you better.
Michelle Obama

I'm a fry lover.
Michelle Obama

Choose people who lift you up.
Michelle Obama

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.
Michelle Obama

Success, Meaningful, Feels

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.
Michelle Obama

Work, Yourself, Hard

I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.
Michelle Obama

Fear, Live, Tired

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.
Michelle Obama

Education, Struggle, Feels

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

Change, President, Seen

Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.
Michelle Obama

Live, Blessed, Greatest

I am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now.
Michelle Obama

Change, Desperate

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.
Michelle Obama

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.
Michelle Obama

Love, Trust, Hard

I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.
Michelle Obama

Politics, Tired, Same

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.
Michelle Obama

Future, Here, Test

Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.
Michelle Obama

Great, Play, Won

People want to feel hopeful.
Michelle Obama

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.
Michelle Obama

Enough, Study, Sure

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.
Michelle Obama

Food, Fun, Problem

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.
Michelle Obama

History, Worth, Causes

Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.
Michelle Obama

Family, Help, Together

Ultimately this issue is on us. We're the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.
Michelle Obama

Decisions, Kids, Eat

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
Michelle Obama

Job, Ourselves, Higher

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Nationality: American

Type: First Lady

Born: January 17, 1964

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