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Michelle Obama Quotes - Page 4

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Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story - because you do.

Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story - because you do.

Stories, Matter, Like You

Farewell Speech as First Lady to participants in the Reach Higher Initiative, in: "Read Every Word of Michelle Obama's Final Speech as FLOTUS" by Alyssa Bailey, www.elle.com. January 6, 2017.

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

Success, Meaningful, Feels

Michelle Obama's Commencement Address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 17, 2012.

The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake. This isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved overnight, but with everyone working together, it can be solved. So, let’s move.

Moving, Emotional, Working Together

"First Lady Michelle Obama Launches Let's Move: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 9, 2010.

Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt.

Strong Women, Hurt, Good Relationship

Remarks by the First Lady at an Event with Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Students, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 25, 2011.

We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Girl, Mean, Math

"Michelle Obama Lends a Hand For Women In Science" by Helene McLaughlin, www.wired.com. September 28, 2011.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

Country, Ideas, Care

Convention Speech, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.

Mom, Mother, Careers

"Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

You see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate... to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door... he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small.

Coffee, Shoes, Doors

Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

My happiness is tied to how I feel about myself.

Feels, Tied

Source: www.cnn.com

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

Girl, Country, Tired

"To Live Beyond Our Fear". Speech introducing her husband at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, August 16, 2007.

Hope and change are hard-fought things.

Commitment, Challenges, Hope And Change

"Michelle Obama: What you see is the real me" by Mike Celizic, www.today.com. February 3, 2010.

Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place.

Moving, Sacrifice, Different

"Glenn Beck: America using a climate change weapon?". www.glennbeck.com.

I always encourage people to start in their own personal universe, because sometimes we as parents start thinking about the big picture. How do I change what's happening in my entire school? And how do I do it in my community? And then you get overwhelmed and it's just like, "Forget it, I'll just stay here in my kitchen and wait." But, start small.

School, Thinking, People

Source: www.popsugar.com

I tell this to my girls all the time: This journey we're on is a once - in - a - lifetime opportunity.

Girl, Opportunity, Journey

Don't worry about what candidates have done or said, just vote for the Democrats. Then, afterwards, you can go eat fried chicken.

Worry, Done, Vote

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

Years, Desperate, Right Now

"First Lady in Waiting". Interview with Leslie Bennetts, www.vanityfair.com. December 27, 2007.

People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions.

People, Opinion

"Michelle Obama: Your First Lady (Special Recognition)". Interview With Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. November 2, 2009.

For me exercise is more than just physical, it’s therapeutic.

Motivational, Exercise, New Years Resolution

Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.55, PublicAffairs

Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

People, Encounters, Messy

"Deign or Reign?" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. January 2, 2008.

I come here today as a Christian, a person of faith who believes we've all been called to serve our fellow men and women and to honor God's creation. We want our girls to know right from wrong, to always tell the truth, to treat people no matter who they are with dignity and respect, no matter how different they may seem...because we want our girls to know we are all God's children and there's so much more that unites than divides us.

Girl, Christian, Children

I try to have no absolute nos. I love french fries, I like a good burger, and I like pie. And that's okay.

Pie, French Love, Trying

"Michelle Obama's Rules for Staying Healthy and Happy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.prevention.com. November 3, 2011.

Every day, through engagement in the arts, our children learn to open their imagination, to dream just a little bigger and to strive every day to reach those dreams.

Dream, Art, Children

"Michelle Obama's best pop culture moments: From mom dancing to Muppets" by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, www.today.com. January 15, 2014.

You work hard for what you want in life.

Hard Work, Want, What You Want

Source: www.foxnews.com

Talking is good. Conversations have to be forever.

Talking, Forever, Conversation

Source: www.wbur.org

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

Daughter, Mother, Integrity

Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 25 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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