L. Michelle Quotes

I think the challenge is to takedifficult and painful times and turn them into something beneficial, something that makes you grow.

I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.

I got a call this morning, and it was from Nancy Kerrigan, wishing me luck. She wished me luck and sent me all her good wishes.

It's simple. Eat well, exercise and get lots of sleep but make sure you indulge occasionally. At my age , I think , what the hell , and eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut !

Choose people who lift you up.

No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again.

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker.... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

I think it's a mistake if people just fall in love and think that that's the only thing you need to keep you happy. There's a lot more to being with someone than just love.

Do not make homes out of people. This will leave you homesick and sad.

There's always opportunity in the now. If I'm there, I will seize it.

If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair.

My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being.

I don't know what my version of a relationship or marriage is yet, because the typical model seems a little broken to me.

I like to do weird things in the shower, like drink my coffee, brush my teeth and drink a smoothie. It's good time management.

With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.

Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.

Sometimes, the way around prejudice is education.

Who can say how many lives have been saved by books?

Making music should not be left to the professionals.

I just believe that sometimes in life you're like a shark - you have to keep moving through water; otherwise, you'll die.

Don't think that I'm silly for liking it, I just happen to like the simple little things, and I love cats!

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion

In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage.

You've got to make choices that make sense for you because there's always going to be somebody who'll think you should do something differently.

Being a healthy woman isn't about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline. We need to start focusing on what matters-on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.

Making peace with one's truth is to live in one’s own moment, moving passionately forward in joy.

All of us are driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do - that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.

Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is often unrelated to actual crime patterns.

Women should have the freedom to do whatever they need to do to feel good about themselves.

The one who wins all the time is great and powerful, but the one who had been trampled on and fallen is who I admire the most

Your word is your bond, you do what you say you're going to do.

I don't believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles - concentric circles that connect.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

We need to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation. We have lost our way. And it begins with inspiration. It begins with leadership.

Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.

If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bright side rather than the dark sida all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.

You can keep knocking me down forever, I'll keep getting up and trying.

I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today.

I'm kind of in between a goody-goody and a rebel. I'm not bad, but I'm not good either. I'm a little crazy.

I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation