Top 75 Quotes & Sayings by Ann Romney - Page 2

Another son came along 18 months later, although we waited four years to have the third, because Mitt was still in school and we had no income except the stock we were chipping away at. We were living on the edge, not entertaining. No, I did not work. Mitt thought it was important for me to stay home with the children, and I was delighted.

Raising children is the hardest job that there is on the face of the Earth.

They were not easy years. You have to understand, I was raised in a lovely neighborhood, as was Mitt, and at BYU, we moved into a $62-a-month basement apartment with a cement floor and lived there two years as students with no income... Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time.

A storybook marriage? No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have is a real marriage.

It can be here today and gone tomorrow.

You have to recognize that deep within your soul, you know who you are - and let [the criticism] go right by you. If you're reacting to it, you're letting it get to you.

Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point.

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

We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who is trying to hide things, or do things?

You know, I think my biggest concern [if Mitt is elected], obviously, would just be for his mental well-being. I have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness and his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what's missing right now in the economy - you know, pieces that are missing to get this jump-started. So for me I think it would just be the emotional part of it.

Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time.

Once your health is taken away, you have nothing.

Women wear many hats in their lives. Daughter, sister, student, breadwinner. But no matter where we are or what we’re doing, one hat that moms never take off is the crown of motherhood. There is no crown more glorious.

This is the genius of America: dreams fulfilled help others launch new dreams.

We've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life.