Michelle Obama Quotes

Man, I'm 31, talking like I'm 60. I really do feel in control.

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I find that really comforting.

I think I'm a little more mature than the average guy.

It's a beautiful thing at 60 to know who you are.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

I've always thrown myself into different kinds of experiences, sometimes into really bad things. But, you grow up. You become more of a woman and you know yourself. I think knowing yourself is a wonderful thing especially when you're in your 40s and you're kind of in your skin. Life is not so confusing anymore.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

There's a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn't anticipate.

With time, you do get mature.

The older you are, the wiser you are. The more comfortable you are in your own skin, the more you know yourself, the more patient you are. I don't sweat the small stuff any more.

It's a good thing I learned some humility and perspective as I got older.

I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

One should mature over 20 years.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

We neither get better or worse as we get older, but more like ourselves.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

Turning 50 is a little bit of a 'taking stock' moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I don't think I'm as sharp as I was when I was younger, but I'm definitely wiser and less likely to make gigantic blunders of an intellectual, spiritual, emotional or physical type.

I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure.