Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
MICHELLE OBAMAKids will invest more, when they feel they’re being invested in.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.
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In my blinding drive to excel, in my need to do things perfectly, I’d missed the signs and taken the wrong road.
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Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
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I began to understand that his version of hope reached far beyond mine: It was one thing to get yourself out of a stuck place, I realized. It was another thing entirely to try and get the place itself unstuck.
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The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.
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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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There’s a power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s a grace in being willing to know and hear others.
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The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.
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As a kid, you learn to measure long before you understand the size or value of anything. Eventually, if you’re lucky, you learn that you’ve been measuring all wrong.
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America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
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When they go low, we go high.
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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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If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.
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just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
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Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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