Be passionate about something and lean to that strength.
Find people who will make you better.
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?
Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.
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.
I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.
My goal has always been to add value, not to be redundant, not to get in the way, but to do things that lift and move things forward in a very strategic and objective way so that there are real outcomes.
Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.
Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.
There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.
The arts and humanities define who we are as a people. That is their power -- to remind us of what we each have to offer, and what we all have in common. To help us understand our history and imagine our future. To give us hope in the moments of struggle and to bring us together when nothing else will.
I hate diversity workshops. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.
Choose people who lift you up.
Treat people with dignity and respect.
Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think diffenrently.
No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.
Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today.
Your word is your bond, you do what you say you're going to do.
When you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut behind you.
If I point to anything that makes me who I am, it's that I have a whole lot of common sense. I've got a good mind and a good ability to read people and situations.
We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.
To me, with age, everything has gotten better. You have way more control; you know yourself better.
Because no matter what happened, I had the peace of mind of knowing that all of the chatter, the name-calling, the doubting -\-\ all of it was just noise. It did not define me. It didn’t change who I was. And most importantly, it couldn’t hold me back.
Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.
"Politics is a waste of time."
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