We're our kids' first and best role models. So the first question is, what are you as a mom or a dad… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Truly 1 percent of this country serves and protects the freedoms of the other 99 percent of us, so many of us… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When I'm unhappy with something, people know, because I don't want to hold on to it. I'd rather deal immediately with the… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys ... Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house ... and… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
But, as potentially the first African American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations; conversations… — 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
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
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
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
You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still 'mom-in-chief.' My daughters are still the heart of… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I tell my kids, 'I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.' — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I don't, as my mom would say, sweat the small stuff in our relationship. Because when I think of day-to-day irritations that… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I was out there meeting with a lot of working moms and whenever I would gather a group of women, there was… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate… — 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