We should always have three friends in our lives-one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we’ve cleared the way.
MICHELLE OBAMADo not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts, good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind.
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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.
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The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. What’s better for us? Barack called to the people gathered in the room. Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?
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The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.
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If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.
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I just wanted to achieve. Or maybe I didn’t want to be dismissed as incapable of achievement.
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Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?
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I like the idea of being rigorous about friendship.
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We explain when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you do not stoop to their level. Our motto is when they go low, you go high.
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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.
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You’ve got to be twice as good to get half as far.
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We live by the paradigms we know.
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I hate diversity workshops. Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.
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Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.
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Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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