Michelle Obama Quotes

You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

I think people do have their own minds.

I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.

I can't wait until I have my children. I love the idea that they don't have to do something that they have no interest in, that they can do something completely opposite if they want to.

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

A person takes his own path. My father tried to guide me the best way he thought I should go, and it didn't work. I went the way I wanted to.

I have my own stubborn attitude about how I want to play and where I want to go.

Being independent in my choices is important to me.

Take advice, but don't take orders.

I wouldn't even consider it if I were you. But then if I were you, I would not be me, and if I were not me, I would not be able to advise you, and if I were unable to advise you, you'd do as you like, so you might as well do as you like and have done with it.

No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.

I haven't even had a life I could call my own, and you're ready to slot me into the grand design. Well, I don't think I want to go. I want to be my own design.

I leave you free to be yourself: to think your thoughts, indulge your tastes, follow your inclinations, behave in ways that you decide are to your liking.

Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find your own path, make your own rules.

I don't turn to anyone for advice. I do what I want.

Follow thou thy choice.

I do what I want, when I want, how I want, and because of that, it has taken me so long to grow into an adult human being.

If you don't do the choosing, life will choose for you, and it may not be the choice you want.

We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years while thinking for yourself, that is rich treasure when compared with living these ten years under the mental domination of another.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about.

I want to go out on my terms.

You've got to make sure every decision you make is right for you as a person. If you think you can go to a better club than the one you're at, then, regardless of what anyone says, you should go.