Top 639 Quotes & Sayings by Famous First ladies - Page 11

Find people who will make you better.

I love my closet, and I always buy things that I love 100 percent. I'm very organized, and I like everything sorted by colors, even the shoes. It's important to know exactly where everything is when you walk into the closet.

I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses, or musicians. And you know, I've been a big fan of different musicians or actors.

I do or die, but I never cancel out.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we ignore their cries for help, we will be continuing to participate in the anguish from which those cries for help come. A problem of this magnitude will not go away. Because it will not go away, and because of our spiritual commitments, we are compelled to take action.

I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could... That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I love Washington, but it is a self-important town.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

Disaffection stalks around us.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to success in school and life. When children learn to love books, they learn to love learning.

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

I really didn't want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

Walk away from it until you're stronger, All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.

The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason... affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.

Harry and I have been sweethearts and married more than forty years - and no matter where I was, when I put out my hand Harry's was there to grasp it.

I can't say this enough - the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you're stronger, you think more quickly.

No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.

My health is very good.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

I have been with Donald for 18 years, and I have been aware of his love for this country since we first met. He never had a hidden agenda when it comes to his patriotism because, like me, he loves this country so much.

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.

O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.