Raising George Walker was not easy.

And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!

You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.

I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you're doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.