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We realized that being successful isnt about being impressive, ITS ABOUT BEING INSPIRED. Thats what it means to be true to yourself. Oregon State University, June 17, 2012 The only limit to THE HEIGHT OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IS THE REACH OF YOUR DREAMS and your willingness to WORK HARD FOR THEM. Democratic National Convention, August 25, 2008 CHANGE ISNT EMOTION. Its real work and organization and strategy You pull people in with inspiration, but then you have to roll up your sleeves and youve got to make sacrifices and you have got to have structure. Interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, February 14, 2008 We should always have three friends in our lives ONE WHO WALKS AHEAD who we look up to and we follow; ONE WHO WALKS BESIDE US, who is with us every step of our journeys; and then, ONE WHO WE REACH BACK FOR and we bring along after weve cleared the way.

National Mentoring Summit, January 15, 2011 It has to be a true partnership, and you have to really, REALLY LIKE AND RESPECT THE PERSON YOURE MARRIED TO because it is a hard road. Interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, May 2, 2011 Young people, DONT BE AFRAID. Be focused, be determined, be hopeful, BE EMPOWERED. Final remarks as First Lady, School Counselor of the Year Reach Higher Event, January 6, 2017 LIVE LIFE ON YOUR OWN TERMS Anyone who has achieved anything in life, knows challenges and failures are components of success. Black Girls Rock!, BET, March 28, 2015 ALWAYS STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF and never let what somebody else says distract you from YOUR goals. Interview with Marie Claire, October 22, 2008 KNOW THAT THIS COUNTRY BELONGS TO YOU TO ALL OF YOU, FROM EVERY BACKGROUND AND WALK OF LIFE.

Final remarks as First Lady, School Counselor of the Year Reach Higher Event, January 6, 2017 WE ROCK! NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, no matter WHERE YOU COME FROM, YOU are beautiful, YOU are powerful, YOU are brilliant, YOU are funny! Black Girls Rock!, BET, March 28, 2015 While that may not be the first thing that some folks want to hear from an Ivy-league educated lawyer, it is truly who I am. So for me, BEING MOM-IN-CHIEF IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, JOB NUMBER ONE. Tuskegee University, May 9, 2015 JUST LIVE YOUR LIFE. LIVE IT OUT LOUD. Interview with Oprah Winfrey, CBS, December 19, 2016

Democratic National Convention, September 4, 2012 NO COUNTRY CAN EVER TRULY FLOURISH IF IT STIFLES THE POTENTIAL OF ITS WOMEN. Summit of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, July 20, 2014