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. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
MICHELLE OBAMAWhat I notice about men, all men, is that their order is me, my family, God is in there somewhere, but me is first.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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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?
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Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this, I’d never forgive him.
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You don’t really know how attached you are until you move away, until you’ve experienced what it means to be dislodged, a cork floating on the ocean of another place.
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Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
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You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.
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People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
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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 look back on the discomfort of that moment now and recognize the more universal challenge of squaring who you are with where you come from and where you want to go.
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The more popular you became, the more haters you acquired.
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Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.
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The noise doesn’t go away, but the most successful people I know have figured out how to live with it, to lean on the people who believe in them, and to push onward with their goals.
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a happy marriage can be a vexation, that it’s a contract best renewed and renewed again, even quietly and privately—even alone.
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Do 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.
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