Michelle Obama

We have to make sure that our kids still feel good about themselves no matter what their weight, no matter how they feel. We need to make sure that our kids know that we love them no matter who they are, what they look like, what they’re eating.

Michelle Obama

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Michelle Obama

We need a president who will choose to do what’s best for the country, even when it doesn’t personally benefit them.

Michelle Obama

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.

Michelle Obama

We need an adult in the White House. When making life-or-death, war-or-peace decisions, a president can’t just pop off or lash out irrationally.

Michelle Obama

We should always have three friends in our lives – one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we’ve cleared the way.

Michelle Obama

We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.

Michelle Obama

We’re all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it’s hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids’ plates.

Michelle Obama

We’re starting to see, as the economy improves, that the unemployment rate among veterans and military spouses – we’re seeing some improvement in those numbers. And that’s a good thing.

Michelle Obama

We’ve got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

Michelle Obama