I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I think I'm pretty smart. I think I'm pretty clever. But there's a lot that you hone in on when you finish… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Investing in girls' education is the very best thing we can do, not just for our daughters and granddaughters, but for their… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
If we truly believe that every girl in every corner of the globe is worthy of an education as our own daughters… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
For me, education has never been simply a policy issue - it's personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
This year's [2016] White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
You all have opportunities and skills and education that so many folks who came before you never could have dreamed of. So… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes the issue is about whether families and communities think girls are even worthy of an education in the first place. It's… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Now, a good education is about so much more than just learning geometry or memorizing dates in history. All of that is… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle facing girls is education, education, education. There are too many kids who think high school is a pit stop… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We've gotten commitments from medical schools, from nursing schools, to step up and increase that pool of knowledgeable individuals. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
An educational foundation is only part of the equation. In order for creativity to flourish and imagination to take hold, we also… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn't be… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward my husband,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We're starting to see, as the economy improves, that the unemployment rate among veterans and military spouses - we're seeing some improvement in those… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
There's so much going on in the healthcare system that makes it difficult for women to really have a strong economic hold if insurance… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
In the 10 cities with the nation's highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50 million per… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads... Now young people can get insurance for as… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you know, when… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image