Michelle Obama Quotes About Community

Quotes about: Community

• When women and girls rise,
  their communities
  and their countries rise with them

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Country, Community

• I grew up on the south side of Chicago in a working class community. There were no miracles in my life, there's nothing miraculous about how I grew up, and I want people to know when they look at me, to be clear that they see what an investment in public education can look like.

  Michelle Obama

  Class, People, Miracle

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Jobs, Believe

  Speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. August 25, 2008.

• It is my hope that our garden's story-and the stories of gardens across America-will inspire families, schools, and communities to try their own hand at gardening and enjoy all the gifts of health, discovery, and connection a garden can bring.

  Michelle Obama

  School, Garden, Discovery

  "Excerpt: 'American Grown' by First Lady Michelle Obama", abcnews.go.com. May 29, 2012.

• Investing in girls' education is the very best thing we can do, not just for our daughters and granddaughters, but for their families, their communities, and their countries.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Daughter, Country

• Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Strong, Motivation

• This year, 1.7 million young people will be participating in Olympic and Paralympic sports in their communities-many of them for the very first time. And that is so important, because sometimes all it takes is that first lesson, or clinic, or class to get a child excited about a new sport. This summer, together with our children, we can support Team USA not just by cheering them on, but by striving to live up to the example they set.

  Michelle Obama

  Summer, Sports, Cheer

• We all grew up in communities with grandmothers who cooked two, three vegetables that you had to eat. There was no ifs, ands or buts about it. But that's because many of our grandparents, they had community gardens; there was the vegetable man that came around. There were many other resources that allowed them to have access. So it's not that people don't know or don't want to do the right thing; they just have to have access to the foods that they know will make their families healthier.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Grandmother, Men

• It's not about government telling people what to do. It's about each of us, in our own families, in our own communities, standing up and demanding more for our kids. And it's about companies like Walmart answering that call.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Kids, Government

  "Obesity: Michelle Obama campaign seen as effective" by Carolyn Lochhead, www.sfgate.com. February 09, 2011.

• It's always positive to hear how many people are willing to step up - whether it is the employment community, mental health community, or medical community.

  Michelle Obama

  People, Community, Employment

  Source: www.glamour.com

• Sometimes the issue is about whether families and communities think girls are even worthy of an education in the first place. It's about whether girls are valued only for their labor and reproductive capacities or for their minds as well. And it's about whether women are viewed as second-class citizens or as full human beings entitled to the same rights and opportunities as men.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Opportunity, Men

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC.

  Michelle Obama

  Garden, Community, Washington Dc

  Source: www.popsugar.com

• I always encourage people to start in their own personal universe, because sometimes we as parents start thinking about the big picture. How do I change what's happening in my entire school? And how do I do it in my community? And then you get overwhelmed and it's just like, "Forget it, I'll just stay here in my kitchen and wait." But, start small.

  Michelle Obama

  School, Thinking, People

  Source: www.popsugar.com

• For the first time, the nation will have goals, benchmarks, and measureable outcomes that will help us tackle the childhood obesity epidemic one child, one family, and one community at a time.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Epidemics, Obesity Epidemic

• I think I'm probably more typical of the average American who doesn't have a connection to a military community.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Thinking, Average

  Source: www.wbur.org

• We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you know, when these troops come home and they become veterans and they go back into the civilian community, they're not always going through the VA system for medical care. They're going to show up at community hospitals and clinics.

  Michelle Obama

  Commitment, Home, Nurse

  Source: www.wbur.org

• Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community and would utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit this community first and foremost.

  Michelle Obama

  College, Careers, Community

• But we need a medical community that's trained and knowledgeable and working on advancement.

  Michelle Obama

  Community, Advancement, Needs

  Source: www.wbur.org

• The arts can enrich all of us in this nation as individuals. The arts can enrich all of our communities and the country. And the arts can connect us to each other like nothing else can.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Art, Community

• When I was little, I wanted to be a mother, because that's who I saw. I saw my mom caring for me. I didn't play doctor. I didn't play lawyer. I didn't have those visions until I was in college, meeting people who were doing those things. That's why we're trying to encourage moms, teachers, fathers, to be that presence in their children's lives, in their communities, because it really makes a difference.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Mother, Teacher

  "Michelle Obama: Your First Lady (Special Recognition)". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. November 2, 2009.

• It's been so important that the Chamber of Commerce, for example, has hosted hiring fairs that are specifically targeted to military communities.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Community, Important

  Source: www.wbur.org

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