Education Quotes by Michelle Obama

For me, education was power.

— Michelle Obama

There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.

— Michelle Obama

I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.

— Michelle Obama

Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today.

— Michelle Obama

Not being afraid to be wrong - I had to learn how to do that.

— Michelle Obama

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

— Michelle Obama

Investing in girls' education is the very best thing we can do, not just for our daughters and granddaughters, but for their…

— Michelle Obama

The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to…

— Michelle Obama

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

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today,…

— Michelle Obama

Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the…

— Michelle Obama

If we truly believe that every girl in every corner of the globe is worthy of an education as our own daughters…

— Michelle Obama

You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because…

— Michelle Obama

Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.

— Michelle Obama

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

For me, education has never been simply a policy issue - it's personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the…

— Michelle Obama

You all have opportunities and skills and education that so many folks who came before you never could have dreamed of. So…

— Michelle Obama

The biggest obstacle facing girls is education, education, education. There are too many kids who think high school is a pit stop…

— Michelle Obama

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

Now, a good education is about so much more than just learning geometry or memorizing dates in history. All of that is…

— Michelle Obama

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

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make…

— Michelle Obama

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

An educational foundation is only part of the equation. In order for creativity to flourish and imagination to take hold, we also…

— Michelle Obama

We've gotten commitments from medical schools, from nursing schools, to step up and increase that pool of knowledgeable individuals.

— Michelle Obama