First Lady Quotes

• I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Mother, Wife, Lovely

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• The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Husband, Politics, Firsts

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  Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

  Abigail Adams

  Inspirational, Education, Perseverance

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  Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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• Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.

  Anne Sweeney

  Positive, Inspiring, Success

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• To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.

  Nancy Reagan

  Inspirational, Life, God

  "'Just Say No'". Address to the Nation, edition.cnn.com. September 14, 1986.

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• The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Horse, History, Political

  Quoted in Peter Collier and David Horowitz, The Kennedys (1984)

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• I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.

  Nancy Reagan

  Inspirational, Giving, Optimism

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  It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.

  Dolley Madison

  People, Gossip, Rumor

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• There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise.

  Nancy Reagan

  Promise, World, Wonderful

  "'Just Say No'". Address to the Nation, edition.cnn.com. September 14, 1986.

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• When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Courage, Fear

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• Walk away from it until you're stronger, All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Breakup, Stronger, Able

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Funny, Strength

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• Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

  Imelda Marcos

  Respect, Dresses, Dollars

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• Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.

  Laura Bush

  Children, Reading, Two

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• The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

  Ann Romney

  Opportunity, Differences, Issues

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• The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

  Betty Ford

  Humans, Human Freedom

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• ...but there isn't going to be any First Lady. There is just to be plain, ordinary Mrs. Roosevelt...I never wanted to be the president's wife, and don't want it now. You don't quite believe me, do you? Very likely no one would-except possibly some woman who had had the job.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Jobs, Believe, Wife

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• Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Care, Likes, Firsts

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  We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Complaining, Should

  "The Eloquent Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : A Portrait in Her Own Words" by ill Adler, (p. 174), 2004.

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• I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Children, Husband, Thinking

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• Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Children, Believe, Kids

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• I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.

  Betty Ford

  Different, Firsts, Feels

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• The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Humor, Political

  "The Gaffes of George W. Bush" by William Saletan and Avi Zenilman, www.slate.com. October 8, 2003.

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