Michelle Obama

Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.

Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.

My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen. So I’m always game for a good joke, and I’m not so formal in this role. There’s very little that we can’t do that people wouldn’t appreciate.

The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.

The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.

When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous.

Losing is tough.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you. We realized that being successful isn’t about being impressive, it’s about being inspired. That’s what it means to be true to yourself.

I was determined to succeed in what I loved to do. I wasn’t going to let my disability stand in my way.

Can success change the human mechanism so completely between one dawn and another? Can it make one feel taller, more alive, handsomer, uncommonly gifted and indomitably secure with the certainty that this is the way life will always be? It can and it does!

If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.

Whenever I hear it can’t be done, I know I am close to success.

You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.

In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.