I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

- Betty Ford

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

- Betty Ford

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

- Betty Ford

Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.

- Betty Ford

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

- Betty Ford

I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.

- Betty Ford

Being a lady does not require silence.

- Betty Ford

I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.

- Betty Ford

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

- Betty Ford