Michelle Obama Quotes About Balance

Quotes about: Balance

• We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, Balance, Needs

  "Encouraging Quotes from Michelle Obama", www.beliefnet.com.

• Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, Women, Eye

  "Encouraging Quotes from Michelle Obama", www.beliefnet.com.

• The work-life balance is a harsh reality for so many women, who are forced every day to make impossible choices. Do they take their kids to the doctor...and risk getting fired? Do they work weekends so they can afford to send their kids to better childcare...even though it means even less time with their families? Do they take another shift at work, so they can pay for piano lessons for their kids...even though it means they have to stop volunteering for the PTA? It just shouldn't be this difficult to raise healthy families.

  Michelle Obama

  Mean, Kids, Weekend

• We have to design policies that have meaningful impacts on the quality of life of women and families. And that's something that I know I can speak passionately about because whether I'm in the White House as First Lady, as long as I have kids and I'm trying to have a life, I'm gonna be trying to make this balance work...

  Michelle Obama

  Meaningful, Kids, Impact

  "Michelle Obama: The Full Interview". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. February 15, 2008.

• You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Mother, Careers

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

• What I tell my kids is, I’m preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen time rules.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, College, Knowing

  "Michelle Obama on the Move". Interview with Maggie Murphy, Lynn Sherr, communitytable.parade.com. August 15, 2013.

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