Michelle Bachelet Quotes

Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want - do anything.

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.

My mother always gives the best advice. When I left Puerto Rico to pursue my dreams, she always supported me and said to me, 'I'm never going to cut your wings, so don't let anyone else do that to you.' That has been my philosophy through life. I want to share that valuable lesson with my little girl someday.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

All girls know that they can be anything now. That transformation is to me one of the most satisfying things.

Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again.

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

Women today have the keys to the doors which have been barred against them and they will open them without asking consent.

Anything is possible for anyone in America.

To all the little girls watching, never forget you are valuable, powerful and deserving of every opportunity in the world.

Across our small globe, dawn sweeps each morning, lighting cities and cottages, barrios and villages. Whoever and wherever you may be, you can step out into that morning sunrise and know, from our American example, that life does not have to be the way it is for you.

We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore - the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought, 'Anything is possible.'

I always felt that anything is possible.

I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.

You just gotta be yourself and don't hold anything back just because you're a woman.

Holding women to the idea of 'write what you know' subtly reinforces the status quo. Writing is a chance to celebrate who we are. But it's also a chance to celebrate who we could be.

Your dreams are what define your individuality. They have the power to give you wings and make you fly high.

Women are no longer just born to be married. We are here to compete with everyone and make a place for ourselves under the sun on our own.

If girls hear that they can create and fulfill their own ideas of who they might be, those extraneous expectations can become less restricting and a lot more healthy.

I love performing and entertaining, but what I want to really share is a stronger voice to the people and empower women to show that women and girls can do anything. Don't ever let your gender stop you from chasing dreams.

I wanted to prove I wasn't that person everyone wanted to stereotype me. You can slag me off, I talk about my upbringing now and try and do it in a way that inspires others, but I never felt good about it.