You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
For me, as a mother, I am just, you know, I just can't put into words how important it is for every… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When a father puts in long hours at work, he's praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But when a mother stays late… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I've come to admire our military kids more than you all will know, because you guys are heroes. And the only way… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Kids, everybody can get behind. It's a bipartisan thing. We care about our kids' health. But the truth is, it's very important… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I am not asking anyone to take the fun out of childhood. As we all know, treats are one of the best… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We as parents are our children's first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When I was little, I wanted to be a mother, because that's who I saw. I saw my mom caring for me.… — 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
For me, being a mother made me a better professional, because coming home every night to my girls reminded me what I… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won't be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I always encourage people to start in their own personal universe, because sometimes we as parents start thinking about the big picture.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Let Girls Learn issue has always been personal for me. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the South Side of… — 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
![“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. And we announced during the tour last week that we have gotten more than 60,000 jobs, and we're well on our way to just crashing that goal out of the…” quote by Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/83d/michelle-obama-518_barack_the-president-barack-obama-asked-for-a-c_15651.jpg)
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