Michelle Obama

We're [President Barack Obama and I] clear on the fact that we have to stay humble and prayerful. We have to dig down deep to our roots. When things come together, we know some of it is Barack, some of it is us-but a lot of it has nothing to do with either of us.

There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.

I tell my kids, 'I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.'

If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion

In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage.

Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.

We should always have three friends in our lives-one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we've cleared the way.

The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.

He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.

I hate diversity workshops. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.