I view myself as being the average woman. While I am first lady, I wasn't first lady my whole life. I'm a… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I want to feel like the things I did made a difference. That's one of the reasons I spend time greeting people… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I'll know more when the time comes. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We have to design policies that have meaningful impacts on the quality of life of women and families. And that's something that… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
There were the questions of what kind of First Lady I would be, what issues would I focus on. Those were the… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I talk about the food issue, I'm really coming at it from pre-White House times, when I was a working mother with… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
But, as potentially the first African American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations; conversations… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I say this everywhere I go: I admire and respect Hillary. She has been a lawyer, a law professor, First Lady of… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very disengaged, with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions, particularly when you're the First Lady; you're… — 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