My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I'll know more when the time comes. Michelle Obama More Quotes by Michelle Obama More Quotes From Michelle Obama We don't need new discoveries or new inventions to reverse this trend. We have the tools at our disposal to reverse it. All we need is the motivation, the opportunity and the willpower to do what needs to be done. ...With this report, we have a very solid road map that we need to make these goals real, to solve this problem within a generation. Michelle Obama motivation real children For me, I look at the faces of my kids and I think about the future that is going to await them and whether they're going to not just have the financial resources to be prepared for the challenge, but whether they're going to have the strength and the stamina to live healthier, longer lives so that they can see their kids and grandkids. That's the legacy I hope to see, and it can have nothing to do with me and I'd be perfectly happy. Michelle Obama challenges kids thinking We as parents are our children's first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health. ...We can't lie around on the couch eating French fries and candy bars and expect our kids to eat carrots and run around the block. Michelle Obama block running children It's all about, you know, continuing to get to know ourselves in a very diverse and complicated country that is America. It is a wonderful place to live. But because it is so diverse, our challenges are complex. Michelle Obama challenges country america The president's job is a lot harder. And that's why I'm working hard to get him re-elected, because he's handled himself with a level of grace and poise that not many people could given the challenges that he's faced. Michelle Obama grace jobs people I always want to be on the cusp of being in the best shape that I can be. Michelle Obama cusp shapes want Celebrating the holidays in the White House over these past eight years has been a true privilege. We've been able to welcome over half a million guests... our outstanding pastry chefs have baked 200,000 holiday cookies... and Barack [Obama] has treated the American people to countless dad jokes. Michelle Obama holiday dad past I have the privilege of working on the issues that I choose and the issues that I feel most passionate about. It's been a privilege. Michelle Obama privilege issues passionate I think any family would, any mother would their children. Michelle Obama mother children thinking I don't have the stressful job. Barack Obama does. Michelle Obama stressful doe jobs I think in the end, I want to make sure that my kids come out of this thing on the other end in one piece. But I also know that that's how the rest of the country feels as well, so for that I am grateful. Michelle Obama grateful country kids The one thing I believe is that families are off-limits. And I think my husband said it, and he was clear on that. And I totally agree with him. Michelle Obama husband believe thinking The idea that we are our brother's keeper and our sister's keeper. That we should treat others as we would want to be treated. And that we care for the sick... feed the hungry... and welcome the stranger... no matter where they come from, or how they practice their faith. Michelle Obama brother practice ideas To be able to do it in the warmth and - of the White House and to do it around people who do care about my kids in a country that has been respectful of my children and their privacy, it has been less stressful than I would have imagined for me. Michelle Obama country kids children What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful . . . Great designers also pursue a mission. Great designers design with mankind in mind . . . The crossroads of science and art, innovation and inspiration are what I love about design. Michelle Obama design inspiration art I try to be thoughtful about spreading the wealth: young designers. Mixing things up is important to me. Michelle Obama thoughtful important trying For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction. Michelle Obama country moving thinking I was an incredibly devoted student, and I would often wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning to study. But even so, there were still people who thought that a girl like me with a background like mine wasn't really "college material." Michelle Obama girl college morning We have to make sure that our kids still feel good about themselves no matter what their weight, no matter how they feel. We need to make sure that our kids know that we love them no matter who they are, what they look like, what they're eating. Michelle Obama feel-good kids needs My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. Michelle Obama princeton blackness made
