I tell my kids, 'I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.' — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Kids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Every elected official on this planet should understand - don't play with our children, don't do it. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I want kids to know: Don't wait for somebody to come along and tell you you're special. Because that may never happen. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's all about patience and persistence - you often have to expose a child to a new food numerous times before he… — 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
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
Every day, through engagement in the arts, our children learn to open their imagination, to dream just a little bigger and to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
My role models were the people in my life. My mom, for sure. My dad. The teachers. For me, role-modeling was immediate,… — 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
I want a president who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a president who truly believes in the… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
An educational foundation is only part of the equation. In order for creativity to flourish and imagination to take hold, we also… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We can all agree that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, all children should have the basic nutrition they need to learn… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things I want ... all the kids here to remember, is that these [Major League Soccer] stars were not… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
With this new initiative, Disney is doing what no major media company has ever done before in the United States. And what… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When the average child is now spending nearly eight hours a day in front of some kind of screen, many of their… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We are living in a time where we just don't have enough time. People are rushed. They're over worked, over scheduled. Not… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Some kids have never seen what a real tomato looks like off the vine. They don't know where a cucumber comes from.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We don't need new discoveries or new inventions to reverse this trend. We have the tools at our disposal to reverse it.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We all grew up in communities with grandmothers who cooked two, three vegetables that you had to eat. There was no ifs,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's not about government telling people what to do. ... It's about each of us, in our own families, in our own… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Investing in girls' education is the very best thing we can do, not just for our daughters and granddaughters, but for their… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We believe that every single child has boundless promise, no matter who they are, where they come from, or how much money… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Cute's good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's, 'Who are you as a person?' Look at the heart.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I'm asking myself, 'What do my girls, what do all our children deserve in their president? What kind of a president do… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase fame… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
What we know is that when girls don't go to school, they earn lower salaries. They get married earlier. They have higher… — 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
Child hunger and child obesity are really just two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, the… — 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
I'm trolling through the recesses of my mind for the things I did with my kids when they used to like to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I'm very grateful for the support and kindness that we've… — 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
One thing that I've learned from male role models is that they don't hesitate to invest in themselves, with the view that,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
This year, 1.7 million young people will be participating in Olympic and Paralympic sports in their communities-many of them for the very… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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