Michelle Obama Quotes About Inspiration

Quotes about: Inspiration

• You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

  Michelle Obama

  Positive, Graduation, Hope

• When you're really trying to make serious change, you don't want people to get caught up in emotion because change isn't emotion. Because change isn't emotion. Its real work and organization and strategy - that's just the truth of it. I mean, you pull people in with inspiration, but then you have to roll up your sleeves and you've got to make sacrifices and you have got to have structure.

  Michelle Obama

  Inspirational, Real, Hard Work

  "One-On-One With Michelle Obama". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. February 14, 2008.

• We need to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation. We have lost our way. And it begins with inspiration. It begins with leadership.

  Michelle Obama

  Inspirational, Broken, Soul

  Michelle Obama's remarks at campaign rally in Los Angeles, California, February 3, 2008.

• My dad was a pump operator at the city water plant, and he didn't earn much money. But he was determined to pay whatever tiny part he owed for my tuition on time every month. So even though he had multiple sclerosis and often struggled just to get dressed in the morning, he hardly ever missed a day of work. His determination and love are an inspiration to me every day.

  Michelle Obama

  Morning, Determination, Dad

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

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

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Strong, Motivation

• You know, you have to start with hope...you don't get anywhere in this country without hope. So it's a necessity. What Barack says is that people have to understand hope isn't just blind optimism. It isn't passive. It isn't just sitting there waiting for things to get better. Hope is the vision that you have to have. It's the inspiration that moves people into action...There are more people engaged in this political process in this year than we've seen in my lifetime. And it is all because of hope because people believe in the possibility of something unseen.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Believe, Moving

• So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.

  Michelle Obama

  Inspiration, People, Needs

  "Howard University Rethinks Academic Legacy". Speech, www.npr.org. January 27, 2011.

• What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful . . . Great designers also pursue a mission. Great designers design with mankind in mind . . . The crossroads of science and art, innovation and inspiration are what I love about design.

  Michelle Obama

  Art, Inspiration, Design

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