Michelle Obama Quotes

Never promise more than you can perform.

That's something I've prided myself on: doing exactly what I tell people when I'm running.

People shouldn't be interested in me. They should be interested in me if I'm not doing what I promise.

Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you.

Honor your commitments with integrity.

If you draw [red] lines and then don't respect them, you diminish your credibility.

Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.

It's real important to me to do what I say I'm going to do.

I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.

And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do.

I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.

Trust is built with consistency.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.

The number one thing I look for in a man is integrity. A man who does what he says he's going to do.

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

Your word is your bond.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

I'm a man of my word.

Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It's the core of what I'm about and what the people around me hopefully are about. It's a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. It's the biggest factor in everything I do.

If you say you're going to do something, you better damn well do it.

My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

One of the things I'm always proud of is 'Promises made, promises kept.' I've never ever not done what I've said I'm going to do.