The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.

When I was so fatigued that I couldn't move, the excitement of going to the barn and getting my foot in the stirrup would make me crawl out of bed.

How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people I care about in my life and that is where my values are and those are my riches.

The secret to a happy marriage is a sense of humor, because marriage throws you curveballs. It is not easy.

When you're used to being healthy and strong and vibrant and everything and then - bang - overnight you're desperately ill, it's frightening.

We're too smart to know there aren't easy answers. But we're not dumb enough to accept that there aren't better answers.

It can be here today and gone tomorrow.

I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.

As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.

Fate is a given, destiny is what we do with it

Live with kindness, integrity and spirituality. Comport yourself with grace under pressure.

Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions envy is only moved to malice.

Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.

Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.

What i want is for what i want to actually matter.

I have no fear of death, except I hate waiting for it.

I was always my own teacher.

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.

Mexico is only a memory of childhood safety.