Choose people who lift you up.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny.

It's important for us not to lose sight of the fact that this is a family that's grieving and there's been a tremendous loss. And we all have to rally around that piece of it.

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.

People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions, particularly when you're the First Lady; you're representing the nation. I've tried to be at peace with the choices that I make first, and then be open to everyone else's reflection.

I am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now.