Michelle Obama

When they set off for their first day at their new school, I will never forget that winter morning as I watched our girls, just 7 and 10 years old, pile into those black SUVs with all those big men with guns.

Michelle Obama

When women and girls rise, their communities and their countries rise with them.

Michelle Obama

When you are president, being able to clearly articulate detailed plans to help the people of this country is a good thing. Knowing what you’re doing is a good thing. And let me tell you, Hillary Clinton absolutely knows what she’s doing.

Michelle Obama

When you’re not engaged in the day-to-day struggles that everybody feels, you slowly start losing touch. And I think it’s important for the people in the White House to have a finger on the pulse.

Michelle Obama

Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it’s still an illness, and there should be no distinction.

Michelle Obama

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Michelle Obama

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.

Michelle Obama

Working with our military community has been the biggest honor of my life.

Michelle Obama

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.

Michelle Obama

You do not keep American democracy in suspense. Because, look, too many people have marched and protested and fought and died for this democracy.

Michelle Obama