Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Margaret Trudeau - Page 2

I'm not really part of the Internet world, my age a factor in that and a lack of interest in sharing with so many, so little, so much, so often.

Do you know what prepares you for the mental hospital? Being a prime minister's wife.

Oh, am I a feminist? I usually say that I was an accidental feminist. Really, I was just being me.

I was a bit of a mother hen at Studio 54.

I've had so many rich, rich, beautiful things happen to me in my life because I do have energy, and I do reach out, and I stretch my eyes.

I shouldn't say it, but I found that the French can be the most arrogant people in the world if they want to be.

My life has been extreme. Most people will not have the experience I've had. But the things that changed me, really changed me, they happen to everyone.

You need community support. You're pretty defeated when you're laid low with a mental illness. It's a frightening place to be, and to get up and be able to stand and to move forward and to start functioning again, you need so much support. You need to feel you're not alone.

There was imbalance with my first husband just by the given of our 29-year age difference and the difficulty of me being this unformed, enthusiastic young woman and he already completely in place being the leader of the country.

Depression is 80 per cent of my condition, and 10 per cent is mania, and 10 per cent is what we call normal. I say that must be when I am buying groceries. Or vacuuming.

The best luxury in the world isn't a diamond ring or a nice house - well, it could be - but it's privacy.

Every life is extraordinary.

I was pregnant and nursing most of the years I was at 24 Sussex. I was ill-prepared and hardly even knew my husband, let alone how I was supposed to fit into this world that was very alien to me.

My life for so many years was a reality show.

I think we can choose to be happy in our lives.

I tried to be a good wife, but I was lost in my gilded cage.

Being bipolar is a huge exaggeration of your emotions. You can be pretty high and also terribly low, so I've been through it all.

The secret is to nip any mental disorder in the bud. As soon as you're not feeling yourself, reach out and get some help because you can quickly get better. If you get stuck in it, it's so hard to get out.

Every day is wonderful for me.

I have some great stories. But I am also very human, and I suffered an awful lot.

I try to build up people, not break them down, and in politics, it seems now the game is breaking down your opponents.

I was so surprised, astonished, when I lost my mind, because I didn't think that I ever would. I assumed I would always be just fine.

I think our jobs as parents is to raise our children with empathy - to figure out who this little character is, almost from birth, and then guide them to fulfill their best potential.

I thought of 24 Sussex Drive as the crown jewel of the federal penitentiary system.

I've had such an exciting life.

I have had quite the grand, interesting life.

I'd studied acting in New York when I left Pierre - that was the big thing that I did. I worked very hard at it, actually.

I have a bigger, peaceful view of life than aggressively breaking down other people.

I know, as a mother, it hurts you very much to see your children suffer.

You have got to give. There is no other reason to be on the planet.

With my children, balance was everything: being not just a workaholic, not only studying but taking time to renew and restore yourself and taking time to pay attention to your brain health and not assume, as we all do, that our brains are perfect.

When we have healthy children, we have a healthy community. They can learn. They can play. They can be part of the future. They can help you all do very well and prosper instead of suffering.

I think I devoted my life to Pierre Trudeau and our beautiful children.

The first thing that happens to someone with a mental illness, in the throes of it, is that they lose all their self-esteem. They don't think they fit in.

We don't help people mourn in our society.

Canadians know me so well - I am part of Canada's collective memory - and my fame would get people through the door who would not otherwise be interesting in talking about mental health.

The problem with mental illness, as opposed to physical illness, is that it involves wrong thinking or impaired insight. You're not thinking correctly.

I have a lot of lovely things in my life that I wasn't able to have before I got healed from my imbalanced life.

I tell the children I want everyone to love the life that they're in, to be who they are... and make it the best life they can.

It takes two to destroy a marriage.

If Stephen Harper took off his shirt in public, I'm not sure he'd raise any money for charity.