Caring for others creates the spirit of a nation.

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

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

Even when people can't speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart.

I love my husband. I believe in him, and I am proud of his accomplishments.

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

I do or die, but I never cancel out.

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.

[On whether she would want daughter Tricia to marry a politician:] I would feel sorry for her if she did.

I dont have time to be depressed.

[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

Your level of neuroses will only find love in a made-for-TV movie.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

A lot of people mistake having some degrees with being educated. Most degrees are nothing but certifications for higher paying jobs.

If you can't bite don't show your teeth.

Christ rises above all things.

Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.

If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em.

Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.

I always feel like music should be a universal language.

Meditation is perhaps the master key for all our problems.