Michelle Obama Quotes

My father not only has the strength and ability necessary to be our next president, but also the kindness and compassion that will enable him to be the leader that this country needs.

I don't think of myself as a hard man, but other people may think otherwise. You know you have obligations to do the best you can for people, for your job, for your shareholders... it all has to be balanced between the hardness and the softness.

President Obama has his faults, but overall, I think, is a good president.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the commitments you make to others. He ultimately became a judge, and he would talk to me over and over about how important it is to be fair.

We need a president with tremendous intelligence, smarts, cunning, strength and stamina.

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

I plan on being a friend, a good leader and a good governor over these next three years.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

Now, a leader must cause things to happen and lives to be affected. Something should move and change. He must see that those under him do not fail. But it should be done in the Lord's way.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.

In the tough and dangerous world in which we live a President must always say what he means and mean what he says.

It's one thing to make the speeches. It's another to make the tough decisions.

John isn't qualified to be vice president. He doesn't have the intellect. He doesn't have the stature. He doesn't have the honesty. He doesn't have the character that it takes.

An important quality for a President of the United States is to make decisions and live with the consequences of them

America's promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That's one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.