First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Kindness is the connection that links us all together and strengthens the bonds within our communities, neighborhoods, and families.

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.

We have to get the word out that mental illnesses can be diagnosed and treated, and almost everyone suffering from mental illness can live meaningful lives in their communities.

Smile as often as possible and love as much as you can ❤ In the end...the heart felt memories you leave behind is all that really counts!

Photography is never real, it’s merely one of many ways of telling the truth.

I will laugh about this one day, I told myself. I will laugh about it with people so clever and sophisticated I can't imagine them properly now.

I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am...

Self-pity is a death that has no resurrection a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.

I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.

It is the meaning of what my life has been since a youth - to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people.

Let proportion be found not only in numbers and measures, but also in sounds, weights, times, and positions, and what ever force there is.

For me, painting means the continuation of dreaming by other means.

The mind is like tofu. By itself, it has no taste. Everything depends on the flavor of the marinade it steeps in.