Michelle Obama Quotes

You have to recognize that deep within your soul, you know who you are - and let [the criticism] go right by you. If you're reacting to it, you're letting it get to you.

I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.

I don't care how somebody looks at me or their feelings. I know how I am.

If someone says something hurtful to you or makes you feel down on yourself, then you just gotta stay positive and keep moving forward because they might not know much about you, or they may not understand the situation.

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

It's never been bad or ridiculous. I know who I am and what I've done, and I'm really comfortable with myself.

I have a strong sense of self, but that's not a negative thing.

I have no doubt who I am.

From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've learnt that they're meaningless, and they're mostly inaccurate. So I don't worry about it, because there's nothin' for me to deal with.

It's disheartening to read the really negative stuff, but at the same time, I know who I am, and I'm comfortable with myself.

There's nothing that anyone could say about me that would hurt my feelings.

I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.

I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like.

I'm kind of a self-aware and confident person.

The world is going to keep bashing me for whatever I do, and I'm going to keep not caring.

People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.

I do not let anyone make me feel ashamed of being who I am.

For so long, I've been a little misunderstood as a person. You know, I do have this strut about me. I don't know if it's the Jersey girl in me. I like to think of myself as an egg, you know? Hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

I don't feel intimidated by any of the people I'm talking to or the situations I find myself in. I just try to make my nana proud.

That tide of insecurity would come in and out over the years, sometimes stranding me for a while but occasionally lifting me just beyond what I thought I could acomplish. Either way, it would wash over the same bedrock certainty: ultimately, I know myself.

Success takes the courage to know who you really are and be comfortable with that.

I understand... the pressure is definitely hard, but I think just keeping your head on your shoulders is easier than it looks. I think if you know who you are, then I think you'll be fine for the rest of the way.

Never doubt yourself. Never change who you are. Don't care what people think and just go for it.

Find your confidence, lead with love... the rest will follow.

If you can tell the world who you are and what you believe without breaking stride or hesitating, you are happy with yourself.