Michelle Obama

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.

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.

I learned in those eight years is that home is where you make it, and we were in the White House for eight years, but it wasn’t the house. It was us in it. It was our value and our love for each other.

I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any First Lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There’s no legislative authority; you’re not elected. And that’s a wonderful gift of freedom.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think diffenrently…

I am an eternally deluded person. No one is as deluded as I am. How clear this is to me when I do zazen!

I had plastic surgery because I was trying to look good for y’all.

My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.

Please stop debating about whether or not I aged well. Unfortunately it hurts all 3 of my feelings…

I don’t wanna be afraid. I wanna wake up feeling beautiful, today.

I’m really happy to be me, and I’d like to think people like me more because I’m happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.

I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth, who won’t accept deception instead of what is truth.

The mirror can lie, doesn’t show you what’s inside.

I had some beautiful pictures taken in which I had a big smile on my face. I looked happy, I looked content, I looked like a very nice person, which in theory I am.

I didn’t have high self-esteem when I was a teenager, as I think most teenagers don’t.

Huge ego is very often matched by huge insecurity.

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy.

Women, take the pressure off when dating. He has to impress you – not the other way around. You are the prize.

I think I remind everyone of themselves. Not saying everyone is my size, but it’s relatable because I’m not perfect, and I think a lot of people are portrayed as perfect, unreachable and untouchable.

I’m here to show you imperfection. The beauty is in the imperfection.