Michelle Obama Respect Quotes

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them. ~ Michelle Obama

I wasn't going to let one person's opinion dislodge everything I thought I knew about myself. ~ Michelle Obama

He was like a wind that threatened to unsettle everything. ~ Michelle Obama

Look how I'm managing, I wanted to say in those moments, to my audience of no one. Does everyone see that I'm pulling this off? ~ Michelle Obama

It was painful, but time pushed us all forward. ~ Michelle Obama

Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result ~ Michelle Obama

Find people who will make you better. ~ Michelle Obama

I also learned that being rich didn't protect you from failure. ~ Michelle Obama

Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think diffenrently ... ~ Michelle Obama

Becoming is never giving up on the idea that there's more growing to be done. ~ Michelle Obama

Grief and resilience live together. I learned this not just once as First Lady but many times over. ~ Michelle Obama

Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs. ~ Michelle Obama

I hate diversity workshops. Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable. ~ Michelle Obama

I've learned that it's harder to hate up close. ~ Michelle Obama

Kids will invest more, when they feel they're being invested in. ~ Michelle Obama

My happiness is tied to how I feel about myself. ~ Michelle Obama

Discriminating against same-sex couples just isn't right. ~ Michelle Obama

The lesson being that in life you control what you can. ~ Michelle Obama

Be passionate about something and lean to that strength. ~ Michelle Obama

And in the end, I hadn't needed to show her anything. I was only showing myself. ~ Michelle Obama

What struck me was how assured he seemed of his own direction in life. He was oddly free from doubt, though at first glance it was hard to understand why. ~ Michelle Obama

His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind. ~ Michelle Obama

We live by the paradigms we know. ~ Michelle Obama

It's hard to make speeches with your hair in your face! ~ Michelle Obama

At the root of this dilemma is the way we view mental health in this country. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distraction.

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I have never been proud of America my entire adult life. ~ Michelle Obama

When they go low, we go high. ~ Michelle Obama

I just wanted to achieve. Or maybe I didn't want to be dismissed as incapable of achievement. ~ Michelle Obama

For me exercise is more than just physical, it's therapeutic. ~ Michelle Obama

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. ~ Michelle Obama

My most important title is Mom in Chief ~ Michelle Obama

We're going to have to change our traditions, our history ~ Michelle Obama

to look rather than look away ~ Michelle Obama

Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again. ~ Michelle Obama

Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. ~ Michelle Obama

I'm varying my workouts so it's not just cardio but also includes moves to maintain my flexibility. ~ Michelle Obama

I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds ~ Barack Obama

At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be. ~ Michelle Obama

I knew from my own life experience that when someone shows genuine interest in your learning and development, even if only for ten minutes in a busy day, it matters. It matters especially for women, for minorities, for anyone society is quick to overlook. ~ Michelle Obama

He was not like anyone I'd dated before, mainly because he seemed so secure. He was openly affectionate. He told me I was beautiful. He made me feel good. ~ Michelle Obama

I have had to learn that my voice has value. And if I don't use it, what's the point of being in the room? ~ Michelle Obama

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made. ~ Michelle Obama

They were me, as I'd once been. And I was them, as they could be. ~ Michelle Obama

There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence. ~ Michelle Obama

Over the years I've become more confident in people's ability to recognize a good thing. ~ Michelle Obama

Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish. ~ Michelle Obama

Style helps distinguish you ... It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside ~ Michelle Obama

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own. ~ Michelle Obama

I've always been a closet jock, but when I got married and had kids, that fell by the wayside. ~ Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama - they don't call her Mooch-elle for nothing. ~ Howie Carr

He's always asking: 'Is that new? I haven't seen that before.' It's like, Why don't you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet. ~ Michelle Obama

The beauty of my job is that I get to see more of that America. And that feeds me. ~ Michelle Obama

...our stories connected us to one another, and through those connections, it was possible to harness discontent and convert it to something useful. ~ Michelle Obama

I felt sometimes like a swan on a lake, knowing that my job was in part to glide and appear serene, while underwater I never stopped pedaling my legs. ~ Michelle Obama

Almost from the minute we agreed it would be ok for him to run, Barack became a kind of human blur, a pixelated version of the guy I knew- ~ Michelle Obama

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals. ~ Michelle Obama

Ultimately this issue is on us. We're the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat. ~ Michelle Obama

Every girl, no matter where she lives, deserves the opportunity to develop the promise inside of her. ~ Michelle Obama

Focus on what you can control. Be a good person every day. Vote. Read. Treat one another kindly. Follow the law. Don't tweet nasty stuff. ~ Michelle Obama

When you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut behind you, ~ Michelle Obama

I considered all these people, current and former staff, to be family. And I was so proud of what we'd done. ~ Michelle Obama

Believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage. ~ Michelle Obama

Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people. ~ Michelle Obama

Policies that support families aren't political issues. They're personal. They're the causes I carry with me every single day. ~ Michelle Obama

Most small-business owners will tell you they don't want Obama 'boosting' them. They just want him to get out of the way. ~ Michelle Malkin

Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt. ~ Michelle Obama

I'm a fry lover. ~ Michelle Obama

People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions. ~ Michelle Obama

I've been lucky enough now in my life to meet all sorts of extraordinary and accomplished people. … What I've learned is this: All of them have had doubters. ~ Michelle Obama

My early successes in life were, I knew, a product of the consistent love and high expectations with which I was surrounded as a child, both at home and at school. ~ Michelle Obama

In a speech today, President Obama said that Michelle Obama is very strong and talented and she frequently tells him that he is wrong. As a result, Michelle Obama is now the Republican front-runner for 2016. ~ Conan O'Brien

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

Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard. ~ Michelle Obama

How hard you work matters more than how much you make. ~ Michelle Obama

Even if we didn't know the context, we were instructed to remember that context existed. Everyone on earth, they'd tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance. ~ Michelle Obama

Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women. ~ Michelle Obama

What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful ... ~ Michelle Obama

I will forever associate with New Yorkers - an instinctive and immediate push back against thinking small. She climbed out of the car, giving me no choice but to drive. 'Get over it and just live a little' was her message. ~ Michelle Obama

Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need. ~ 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

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection. ~ Michelle Obama

My goal is to be a great-looking 70-year-old! I won't mind being 70, but I want people to say, "You're 70?" ~ Michelle Obama

I knew what mattered to me. I didn't want to be some sort of well-dressed ornament who showed up at parties and ribbon cuttings. I wanted to do things that were purposeful and lasting. ~ Michelle Obama

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it. ~ Michelle Obama

People want to feel hopeful. ~ Michelle Obama

I try to be thoughtful about spreading the wealth: young designers. Mixing things up is important to me. ~ Michelle Obama

It's always positive to hear how many people are willing to step up - whether it is the employment community, mental health community, or medical community. ~ Michelle Obama

I would be depressed if I felt I could never eat the things that I love. I also don't want my girls to be obsessed about food. ~ Michelle Obama

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

People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together. ~ Michelle Obama

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that. ~ Michelle Obama

This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think: It can put you on the established path--the my-isn't that-impressive path--and keep you there for a long time. ~ Michelle Obama

Our presence in the White House had been celebrated by millions of Americans, but it also contributed to a reactionary sense of fear and resentment among others. The hatred was old and deep and as dangerous as ever. ~ Michelle Obama

The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls. ~ First Lady Michelle Obama

We were so young, so in love, and so in debt. ~ Michelle Obama

Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you. ~ Michelle Obama

My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn't sustain us. ~ Michelle Obama

There were days, weeks, and months when I hated politics. And there were moments when the beauty of this country and its people so overwhelmed me that I couldn't speak. ~ Michelle Obama

Walk away from 'friendships' that make you feel small and insecure, and seek out people who inspire you and support you ~ Michelle Obama

I always want to be on the cusp of being in the best shape that I can be. ~ Michelle Obama