Barack Obama Quotes

You're always trying to impress your parents regardless of how old you are. And when they're gone, there's nobody to impress. But I think my parents would be proud of me. My father has been gone for 30 years, and by the time he passed away, I was a lawyer. I hope he would be impressed.

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.

I am happy to know that my husband regards me as a woman and a person.

I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.

I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.

It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well.

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

My Dad is my hero.

I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there - who my parents were. As much as I love my parents, if that was the last thing ever said about me - that I was their daughter - I would be disappointed that my contributions weren't strong enough on their own.

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'

The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.

I would just love once to be called sexy. Just because it would make me something other than cute.

Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

Everything I do is to make mum proud. I'm sure I've done that.

The biggest validation comes from my parents, because they know me in and out.

Oh these little rejections how they add up quickly, one small sideways look and I feel so ungood. Somewhere along the way I think I gave you the power to make me feel the way I thought only my father could.

Young man, make your name worth something.

Being somebody: it's one of the ideas in life, no? That's what my father made clear to me. The importance of being somebody. He wanted to be somebody. And he underlined to me the fate of trying to be somebody and not quite managing to do it.

I had been eagerly waiting just such a disaster. Storms, wolves, snakebite, floods-these are the occasions to find out how your father sees you, how strong and necessary he thinks you are.

You did the best you could," and she seemed to believe I had. I said, "I've just been going through the motions," using the expression my father had after he'd watched my first tennis lesson. "Sweetie," she said, "that's what a lot of life is.

She knew whose love she doubted. It wasn't her parents' and it wasn't her friends: It was her own.

I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.

Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self: You become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.) thinks you are. How would my life change if I truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?