Michelle Obama Quotes

People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense.

My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.

I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.

To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.

My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.

When you have kids, you see what's important.

When you're making a decision that involves your children a certain amount of clarity comes with it.

I think everyone wants for their kids the good things that they had.

I've got kids and that's important. It's funny, you think that there's an expiration date on them and there just isn't.

I think it's important to raise your kids, start 'em early. Teaching them the values and morals, so when they get out there on their own, you know they have it. They just have to remember to use it, but they have it.

I don't want my kids to ever think that I am choosing my job over them.

I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.

I am not a preacher. I don't want to stand on a soapbox and tell people, "Don't drink. Don't use drugs." With my kids, I say "Don't drink. Don't do drugs." But when they turn 21, they can drink. I hope they never use drugs, but people make their own decisions. When they're old enough, they are going to have the chance to make their own decisions. I just hope I have given them enough love and support, and the ability to come and talk to me if they need to.

I think it's important to set up that boundary of respect for your kids at a young age, so they will know, I better listen to Mommy.

What do you care more about? The kids or your hair?

I think old school TV shows helped in raising your kids and helped in the way things should be done. Now you just see kids disrespecting their parents, you see kids cursing and all kind of things that shouldn't be done.

My priority as a father should always remain first. My kids look to me as their example. Every decision I make and everything that I do always has to come back to the question, "Does this make me a better father?" "Will my kids benefit from this?" It's no longer just about me…but about my kids. My perspective in life has changed.

When you first come out, it's transition. You gotta find your routine, days you don't feel like doing it, you don't have to do it. But you know, it's in you. I like to think anyone wants to look good, I'm no different from that. More importantly, I wanna be healthy enough to run with my kids.

We accept women being complete c-nts if they’re doing it for a child.

There's only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids.

That's what I try to do, my wife and I, we try to, not shelter them [kids], but still not contribute to the delinquency of a minor.

While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the world we leave to our children will be better off for what we did.

For me, I look at the faces of my kids and I think about the future that is going to await them and whether they're going to not just have the financial resources to be prepared for the challenge, but whether they're going to have the strength and the stamina to live healthier, longer lives so that they can see their kids and grandkids. That's the legacy I hope to see, and it can have nothing to do with me and I'd be perfectly happy.

When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents. It's not a humanitarian thing, because I don't see it as a sacrifice. It's a gift. We're all lucky to have each other.

A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it.