Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obamais an American lawyer, writer, and First Lady of the United States. She is married to the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and spent her early legal career working at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her husband. She subsequently worked as the Associate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth17 January 1964
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.
I was not raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of.
Success isn't about how much money you make. It's about the difference you make in people's lives.
I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.
No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you are beautiful
We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.
All of us are driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do - that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.
As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all.
There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.
In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage.
Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.
Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction.
We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
Cute's good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's, 'Who are you as a person?' Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn't know. And, more important, how does he treat you?