To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
For me, as a mother, I am just, you know, I just can't put into words how important it is for every… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We as parents are our children's first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Kids, everybody can get behind. It's a bipartisan thing. We care about our kids' health. But the truth is, it's very important… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I've come to admire our military kids more than you all will know, because you guys are heroes. And the only way… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
For me, being a mother made me a better professional, because coming home every night to my girls reminded me what I… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I talk about the food issue, I'm really coming at it from pre-White House times, when I was a working mother with… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When I was little, I wanted to be a mother, because that's who I saw. I saw my mom caring for me.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I am not asking anyone to take the fun out of childhood. As we all know, treats are one of the best… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When a father puts in long hours at work, he's praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But when a mother stays late… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I always encourage people to start in their own personal universe, because sometimes we as parents start thinking about the big picture.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won't be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Let Girls Learn issue has always been personal for me. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the South Side of… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position. — Michelle Obama Copy Share
The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
We must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward my husband,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
We're starting to see, as the economy improves, that the unemployment rate among veterans and military spouses - we're seeing some improvement in those… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
There's so much going on in the healthcare system that makes it difficult for women to really have a strong economic hold if insurance… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
In the 10 cities with the nation's highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50 million per… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads... Now young people can get insurance for as… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you know, when… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
We're our kids' first and best role models. So the first question is, what are you as a mom or a dad doing every… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
I've always tried to make sure that what I do really connects with the broader agenda of what my husband is trying to do. — Michelle Obama Copy Share
I know from experience that if I truly want to leave a better world for my daughters, and all of our sons and daughters;… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
