“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.”

“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.”

“I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.”

“People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.”

“I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.”

“I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.”

“I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.”

“You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.”

“Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.”

“The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.”

“Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.”

“Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house. ”

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