Michelle Obama

You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

I was loved dearly by my father but I was never so precious that he didn’t think that I could be in there right at the table.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way!

When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

I think every kid needs to get a taste of what it’s like to do that real hard work.

The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war. Whilst the hand was still familiar with the sword-hilt, whilst the habits of the camp were still visible in the port and complexion of the gentleman, his intellectual power culminated; the compression and tension of these stern conditions is a training for the finest and softest arts, and can rarely be compensated in tranquil times, except by some analogous vigor drawn from occupations as hardy as war.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o clock is a scoundrel.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity’s mind and were willing to reveal it.

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.

I am not much an advocate for traveling, and I observe that men run away to other countries because they are not good in their own, and run back to their own because they pass for nothing in the new places. For the most part, only the light characters travel. Who are you that have no task to keep you at home?

Always do what you are afraid to do.

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.

Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life…all of our life.

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

First and foremost, it’s going to be treat others with respect. Be polite: Manners go a long way. Try to come from a good place. And aside from that, stay focused and do the right thing.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought -a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!