Fascinating, compelling, and superb.
Just like Michelle Obama herself, these are the words that escaped my lips after I’ve finished her empowering memoir-slash-documentary.
Becoming is a captivating account of her life at the White House, from the perspective of a First Lady. As someone who was born from a working-class African American family, Michelle is a living proof of shattering the glass ceiling.
Being a girl with big dreams isn’t enough. BECOMING that woman who achieved her ambitions and still open to transformations is what she is. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Michelle became a corporate lawyer in a legal practice where she met her husband and former President Barack Obama.
If you haven’t read the book or watched the documentary, here are 10 quotes to spark your curiosity about Becoming.
Michelle On Dreams
โDo we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?โ โ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Identity
โIf you donโt get out there and define yourself, youโll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.โ โ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Evolution
โFor me, becoming isnโt about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesnโt end.โ โ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Failure
โFailure is a feeling long before itโs an actual result.โโ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Your Story
โYour story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.โ โ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Time
โTime, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.โ โ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Patiences
โWe were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.โ โ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Control
โThe lesson being that in life you control what you can.โโ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Bullies
โBullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.โโ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On Dominance
โDominance, even the threat of it, is a form of dehumanization. Itโs the ugliest kind of power.โ โ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
Michelle On What Others Think
โThis may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think: It can put you on the established pathโthe my-isnโt-that-impressive pathโand keep you there for a long time.โโ Michelle Obama, Becoming Share on X
