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

If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, we need not weep like Alexander the Great that we have no more worlds to conquer.

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

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.

I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what is going on and discover that the perceptions in Washington aren't necessarily accurate.

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 is clearly much left to be done, and whatever else we are going to do, we had better get on with it.