Ann Romney Quotes
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I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms.
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I can't tell you what will happen over the next four years. But I can only stand here tonight, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an American, and make you this solemn commitment: This man will not fail. This man will not let us down. This man will lift up America!
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We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.
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We need to respect choices that women make.
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My faith experience, well, as you can imagine, you need a lot of faith to raise five boys.
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I know what it's like to finish the laundry and to look in the basket five minutes later and it's full again. I know what it's like to pull all the groceries in, and see the teenagers run through, and all of a sudden, all of the groceries you just bought a few hours ago are gone.
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Riding exhilarated me; it gave me a joy and a purpose.
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Everybody has problems. Everyone has issues.
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Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that.
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And I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that because the days are long, the road is hard, the trials are there and I never know when, I have this little gray cloud that's over my head, when it's gonna start raining on me again. And I do need everyone's prayers. But I also believe that we're here for a purpose, and Mitt is prepared.
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I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.
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There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.
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There are certain things that don't mix well with MS. One is staying up late at night. Another is big, noisy crowds. Well, campaigns are staying up late at night and big noisy crowds.
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As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.
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Everywhere I go people come up to me, they mob me - anyone who has MS or has a relative with MS - they come up and hug and cry.
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It may look perfect, but that's one thing I have learned about life is that it isn't always what it looks.
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When I was so fatigued that I couldn't move, the excitement of going to the barn and getting my foot in the stirrup would make me crawl out of bed.
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When you're used to being healthy and strong and vibrant and everything and then - bang - overnight you're desperately ill, it's frightening.
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I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through.
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You know how exasperated you can be when you're the mother of five young boys.
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I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.
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That's why I like to get out there, and get people to see the other side of Mitt, and know us in a different reflection when you see the family and how funny he is with the boys and with the grandkids. And you know, just what a super guy he is. That's part of what I am doing, is letting people see the other side of Mitt.
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How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people that I care about in my life, and that's where my values are and that's where my riches are.
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You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he's been financially. He's a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No.