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
Start, as parents, with yourselves, number one.
When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed.
That's where you just have to get creative. There are all these trampoline parks and there's bowling and there's roller skating.
We're our kids' first and best role models. So the first question is, what are you as a mom or a dad doing every day, or every week, to start getting into the good habits?
Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC.
It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position.
I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.
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.
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.
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.
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.