Michelle Obama

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents, are their most important role models.

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

Strong men, men who are truly role models, don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

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.

My most important title is “mom-in-chief”. My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the centre of my world.

Plenty of times I wanted to haul off when somebody insulted me for the color of my skin, but I had to hold to myself. I knew I was kind of an experiment. The whole thing was bigger than me.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.

The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them.

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a pledge of sanity, and a protection from those perverse tendencies and gloomy insanities in which fine intellects sometimes lose themselves. A rogue alive to the ludicrous is still convertible. If that sense is lost, his fellow-men can do little for him.

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.