Michelle Obama Quotes

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

I'm just attracted to people for who they are on the inside.

Beauty doesn't matter because in the end, we all lose our looks and all we have is our heart.

For me, the beauty of a person is a matter of the whole package. You have to look at the whole thing, not just a matter of outward appearance or whatever. It has to do with one's character, personality, upbringing and so on.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart.

These days, Clarissa believes, you measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. You get tired, sometimes, of wit and intellect; everybody's little display of genius.

I think it's just important to not judge people based on their physicality because it's really about personality and people's hearts and souls. That's what drew me to Audrey Hepburn who is kind of like my icon.

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

Parents: instead of teaching our children to be brave boys or pretty girls, can we maybe just teach them how to be good humans?

You can be a pretty face, but if you're not a nice person, it just doesn't work. I'm not traditionally a beauty, but apparently people think I'm all right. If you're a nice person, it definitely helps.

You could be the most beautiful girl, but if you're stuck up, that doesn't do it for me.

What really matters is what's on the inside.

I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?

Kindness is the No. 1 quality I look for in a man. You can see in how he treats anyone - from a CEO to a housekeeper - and it's a reflection of how nice a guy is. Funniness and confidence come after that... When a guy approaches me, it's fantastic if he can make me laugh.

At City, we don't just have successful people: we have great human beings who know that family is paramount.

If you're rude to waiters or waitstaff, I cannot handle that. I really think that shows your true personality.

The most important thing is how you are as a person, and then like a professional person.

I always felt the true test of a man's character is how he treats people he can't use.