HELP

 

 

 

“When you’ve worked hard,

and done well, and walked through

that doorway of opportunity,

YOU DO NOT SLAM IT

SHUT BEHIND YOU.

You reach back, and you give

other folks the same chances

that helped you succeed.”

—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

 

 

 

“NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT

THAN THE HEALTH AND

WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN.

Nothing. And our hopes for their future should

drive every single decision that we make.”

—Signing of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, December 13, 2010

 

 

 

“This time, in this great country—

where a girl from the South Side of Chicago

can go to college and law school,

and the son of a single mother from Hawaii

CAN GO ALL THE WAY

TO THE WHITE HOUSE—

we committed ourselves to building

the world as it should be.”

—Democratic National Convention, August 25, 2008

 

 

 

“You need to prepare yourself to

BE INFORMED AND ENGAGED

as a citizen, to serve and to lead, to stand

up for our proud American values and

to honor them in your daily lives.”

—Final remarks as First Lady, School Counselor of the Year Reach Higher Event, January 6, 2017

 

 

 

“WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?

What inspires you? How do you want to give back?

And then I want you to take a deep breath and

TRUST YOURSELVES to chart your

own course and make your mark on the world.”

—Tuskegee University, May 9, 2015

 

 

 

“THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

A BROKEN COMMUNITY

AND A THRIVING ONE IS THE

PRESENCE OF WOMEN

WHO ARE VALUED.”

—State Department Women of Courage Award, March 11, 2009

 

 

 

“TRUE LEADERSHIP

OFTEN HAPPENS WITH

THE SMALLEST ACTS,

in the most unexpected places,

by the most unlikely individuals.”

—Young African Women Leaders Forum, June 22, 2011

 

 

 

“WE GIVE BACK EVEN WHEN

WE’RE STRUGGLING OURSELVES

BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE

IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WORSE OFF.

AND THERE BUT FOR

THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.”

—Democratic National Convention, July 25, 2016

 

 

 

“EVERY GIRL,

NO MATTER WHERE SHE LIVES,

DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY

TO DEVELOP THE

PROMISE INSIDE OF HER.”

—Op-Ed, Financial Times, June 15, 2015

 

 

 

“HOW HARD YOU WORK

MATTERS MORE THAN

HOW MUCH YOU MAKE …

HELPING OTHERS MEANS MORE

THAN JUST GETTING AHEAD.”

—Democratic National Convention, September 4, 2012

 

 

 

“TOGETHER—

WE CAN OVERCOME

ANYTHING

THAT STANDS IN

OUR WAY.”

—Tuskegee University, May 9, 2015