“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.”

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

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.

Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence.

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.

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 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.

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

Don’t worry about polls, but if you do, don’t admit it.

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t set high goals, you don’t branch out, you don’t try – you don’t take the risk.

Without volunteers, we’d be a nation without a soul.

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.

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.

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

If you look at suicides, most of them are connected to depression. And the mental health system just fails them. It’s so sad. We know what to do. We just don’t do it.

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.

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

Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. In a gun fight. You need to take your time in a hurry.

Timing and accuracy beats power.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

I’ve given up on being accurately portrayed in the media.