I tell my kids, 'I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.' — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
That's the advice I would give to women: Don't look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn't know. And, more important, how does he treat you? When you're dating a man, you… — Michelle Obama Copy Share
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
My family didn't have a lot of money, so I worked my heart out to get my degrees. But the minute I… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
While I believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country... and I was certain he would make an extraordinary President... like… — 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
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. And we announced during the tour last week that we have gotten more than 60,000 jobs, and we're well on our way to just crashing that goal out of the water, because what businesses are understanding… — 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 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