Top 639 Quotes & Sayings by Famous First ladies - Page 5

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, "What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink." Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

I think is important to give a child room to make mistakes in order to learn. Mistakes build wings so later in life they can fly and go on their own. Let them fall once in awhile... Be their friend and parent as well. When they're in trouble, they will come to you first. Don't try to change their opinion.

I always look forward, not back.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

When other women have this same operation, it doesn't make any headlines. But the fact that I was the wife of the President put it in headlines and brought before the public this particular experience I was going through. It made a lot of women realize that it could happen to them. I'm sure I've saved at least one person maybe more.

Politics is a people business. I like people.

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.

One should always dress like a marble column.

The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.

I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.

These Souls with great Material Possessions were allowed this because of Past Good Works in their Previous Life, but now feel there is no need for Spiritual Progress. They are too easily forgetting why they were granted this Material Wealth in the first place. Therefore we must stop them from accumulating more Material Gains to Guide them back to the right path.

Understanding is a two-way street.

Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

I think a person has to just be herself.

I've had a great life.

I'm not that kind of wife who would say, 'Learn this' or 'Learn that.' I'm not a nagging wife.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it's solid so it's something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?

I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.

At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with plate and the most valuable portable articles, belonging to the house.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

No one likes to be criticized.

You follow the law. Every few months, you need to fly back to Europe and stamp your visa. After a few visas, I applied for a green card and got it in 2001. After the green card, I applied for citizenship. And it was a long process.

There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it.

I like to help women to spend not a lot of money - to feel powerful, elegant, glamorous, to feel good about themselves.

When I announced my focus on mental health as first lady of Georgia in 1971, none but five mental health advocates in the state wanted to be involved with the issue.

Helping another person gives one the deepest pleasure in the world.

One cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.

I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years.

I feel theres enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

Raising George Walker was not easy.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it in the right way means everything.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these books.

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

I'm doing what I want to do.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.