Michelle Obama Quotes

• As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else’s, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

  Michelle Obama

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Responsibility

• And let’s be clear: It’s not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren’t healthy. It’s also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy.

  Michelle Obama

• And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago – by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

  Michelle Obama

  Topics in Mother

• 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

  Topics in Life, Work

  Tags in Like

• America is just downright mean.

  Michelle Obama

  Topics in America

• Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very disengaged, with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States of America and you just getting through school, I want you to know we have very much in common. For nothing in my life ever would have predicted that I would standing here as the first African-American First Lady.

  Michelle Obama

  Topics in America, Life

• And in my own life, in my own small way, I’ve tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That’s why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us – no matter what our age or background or walk of life – each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

  Michelle Obama

  Topics in Age

• My happiness isn’t connected to my husband’s or my boss’s or my children’s behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being.

  Michelle Obama

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Integrity/Individuality, Control, Happiness

Michelle Obama (68)

Birth:	17th January, 1964
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer

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