1 The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold. -Michelle Obama
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The voices of women have always been stifled throughout history. Their opinions disregarded, experiences invalidated and their voices unheard. And this has always been achieved by wrongly projecting women as incapable and daft – something that the women have time and time again proved wrong.
2 Most of us lived in a state of constant calibration, tweaking one area of life in hopes of bringing more steadiness to another. -Michelle Obama
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For a lot of us, life is just a series of adjustments and compromises. Sometimes, we have to give up on one facet of our lives, change one area in favor of another, with the hope that the latter will do us more good.
3 To me, there was magic in the learning. -Michelle Obama
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Education can turn you into a better person. And there certainly is magic in that. It can make you capable of facing the different challenges that life throws at you, and give you the tools that you need to function in an often chaotic and ruthless society.
4 If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others. -Michelle Obama
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If you do not stand up and let the world know who you are. You have to be the one to define yourself and your identity or someone else will do it for you, often inaccurately.
5 It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be. -Michelle Obama
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You may not realize it, but the only person responsible for your happiness is you. If you rely on others for gratification and validation, you give them the reins of your life. Learn to be happy with yourself and find joy in the beautiful things in life.
6 Your story is what you have, what you will always have, It is something to own. -Michelle Obama
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Your life, your story is what you will always have authority over. No one can take that away from you unless you let them. So own up and take control of it before you let someone else write your story for you.
7 I wasn’t going to let one person’s opinion dislodge everything I thought I knew about myself. -Michelle Obama
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Never let someone else’s opinions about you affect you deeply. You are your own person and no one else has a say in who you are or who you should be. Be the person that you want to be, that you always were. One person’s opinion should not change the way you see yourself.
8 It was possible, I knew, to live on two planes at once, to have one’s feet planted in reality but pointed in the direction of progress. -Michelle Obama
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Progress is not an impossible dream. Nor do you have to dissociate yourself from reality in the journey for progress. One should stay rooted in reality and at the same time, strive for progress.
9 The more popular you become, the more haters you acquired. -Michelle Obama
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With success and recognition, you are bound to get more haters in life. People who are envious of your success and desire the same limelight as you, will always aim to pull you down.
10 Dominance, even the threat of it, is a form of dehumanization, It’s the ugliest kind of power. -Michelle Obama
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Dominance is cruel and ruthless. Those who think they are entitled to dominate over someone else by virtue of their privilege are the most oppressive. They think of others as lowly and place themselves on a self-righteous moral high ground and often end up abusing their power.
11 Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be? -Michelle Obama
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The world is, by no means, perfect. There are atrocities, injustice, inequality, disease and so many other problems that plague society. And we can either choose to settle for the way it is, or we can strive for change. We can work for progress and development, for a utopia that may seem out of reach but attainable nonetheless.
12 Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result, It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt. -Michelle Obama
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The fear of failure is more detrimental than actual failure itself. The constant thought of failure and low confidence must be avoided. It is nothing more than self-doubt that causes this fear and it often escalates into vulnerability.
13 For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim, I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving. -Michelle Obama`
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Life is about progress and growth. You need to be incessantly evolving, adapting to the changing times if you want to stay relevant. Life is not about reaching a particular destination, it is about moving forward continuously and evolving endlessly.
14 Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result, It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt. -Michelle Obama
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Standing up on your feet for what is right and using your voice loud and clear for what you believe in is empowering on so many levels. Own up to your story, live your life the way you want to, and make history.
15 At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be. -Michelle Obama
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Growth is not finite; it is a lifelong process. No matter what your age is, always have the flair for learning, growth, and progress. There is always room for improvement to become a better person.
15 Empowering Quotes from Becoming by Michelle Obama Post author
1. The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold. -Michelle Obama
2. Most of us lived in a state of constant calibration, tweaking one area of life in hopes of bringing more steadiness to another. -Michelle Obama
3. To me, there was magic in the learning. -Michelle Obama
4. If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others. -Michelle Obama
5. It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be. -Michelle Obama
6. Your story is what you have, what you will always have, It is something to own. -Michelle Obama
7. I wasn’t going to let one person’s opinion dislodge everything I thought I knew about myself. -Michelle Obama
8. It was possible, I knew, to live on two planes at once, to have one’s feet planted in reality but pointed in the direction of progress. -Michelle Obama
9. The more popular you become, the more haters you acquired. -Michelle Obama
10. Dominance, even the threat of it, is a form of dehumanization, It’s the ugliest kind of power. -Michelle Obama
11. Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be? -Michelle Obama
12. Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result, It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt. -Michelle Obama
13. For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim, I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving. -Michelle Obama`
14. Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result, It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt. -Michelle Obama
15. At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be. -Michelle Obama