"Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude."
― Michelle Obama
Topic(s):
Success
More From Michelle Obama
- "I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity."
- "And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago – by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me."
- "We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there’s nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday."
More In Success
- "Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early."― Anthony Trollope
- "Well, I do feel that I carry the responsibility of representing my country wherever I am, and this responsibility came with the success that I had in last couple of years, not just myself but the whole group of tennis players that comes from Serbia. And athletes in general are, in this moment, the biggest ambassadors that our country has."― Novak Djokovic
- "Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear."― Dan Millman