Quotes on First Lady

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.

February 1997 - National Prayer Breakfast in Washington attended by the President and the First Lady. "What is taking place in America," she said, "is a war against the child. And if we accept that the mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another."

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.

Everyone has some dysfunction in their families. They have to deal with it. You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people, especially women and children.

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly.

I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.