Be passionate about something and lean to that strength.
Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.
We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
My message to women: Do what makes you feel good, because there'll always be someone who thinks you should do it differently. Whether your choices are hits or misses, at least they're your own.
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?
Find people who will make you better.
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 was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.
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.
I hate diversity workshops. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.
Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.
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.
Treat people with dignity and respect.
Choose people who lift you up.
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.
The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.
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.
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.
We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
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.
To me, with age, everything has gotten better. You have way more control; you know yourself better.
"Politics is a waste of time."
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