Michelle Obama Quotes

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.

I'm not sorry for who I am.

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.

Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.

I'm not going to change who I am. I still am me.

I think the best thing that I can do is be myself. I don't know about being a role model; I think placing that sort of title on myself is too much. It's trying to be this thing that puts loads of pressure on something.

I don't give a damn what people say about me. I like me the way I am, and who cares what other people say?

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

I hope I'm exactly what America is looking for, I don't know, I'm just going to be myself and hope that they love it. That's all I can do.

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

I wouldn't change myself, even if I could. I like myself. And the minute you're not true to yourself, you're in trouble.

Don't change for nobody.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I don't ever apologize for who I am because then I let someone else decide who I am.

I'll always be Number 1 to myself.

Sexy at the millennium means having a solid sense of self but never taking yourself too seriously.

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

It is beautiful to be what you are.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

I just want girls to realize, everybody's born a way for a reason, and you are who you are. You should just be yourself at all times. The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.