"There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made." ― Michelle Obama Topic(s): History More From Michelle Obama "We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square." "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." "Like so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much. They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did… in fact, they admired it." More In History "A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."― Grover Cleveland "History… is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."― Philip Roth "There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see."― Naguib Mahfouz