Quotes from Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

Being 40 and having three kids puts lots of things in perspective and helps me stay grounded.

I want to encourage young people to have open and honest conversations with themselves, by doing so we proactively work on ourselves and create safe and caring environments that foster resiliency.

In the quest for more equality in a society, when we think that men aren't part of the solution, we're truly wrong... We're all winners when we unite for more equality.

We're liberals, so quitting is not an option. We will push through the hard days so we can celebrate together on the good ones.

Our boys need to look up to older people around them, especially male figures, to be able to express their full person and potential, but that is only possible if they are raised in a culture that celebrates men and women with the same equal rights, freedoms and respect.

My daily life is mostly spent with my three kids and raising them.

Girls are womb of humanity, nucleus of the family and are supposed to become fully participant citizens in our own countries.

There is no doubt that women and children on this planet are the people who suffer the most on many levels... Lots of boys around this planet are being taught right now that girls are lesser than them. This is toxic to everybody, and boys deserve better.

We know that we're fortunate. We have a wonderful life and it is an honour for us to be of service, and every single day dedicated to helping others and making this society and this country a better place for more people.

Sometimes, I would like to be alone in the woods and run and roll on the ground and play with my kids. And I do, and that's what keeps me grounded.

Even if you look at the planet, and you think it's easy to be distraught and depressed, common goodness - human goodness - is very much alive, and it needs to thrive even more amid the chaos.

I don't make much of comparisons in general, it's not how I think people construct themselves and I don't think it's a healthy way of dealing with your own reality.

I don't want to be going to bed at night thinking that people want to harm us, or my family, because that's when the lioness comes out.

My mom - For me, she has the spirit of an angel. She's a healer without even knowing it... She's beautiful inside and out. She doesn't know she's that.

It is proven that when women enter the workforce and find their full potential, their families are healthier, there are more opportunities for women, there's an impact economically, psychologically, physically on our society at large.

There's no actual title. Except sometimes 'wife of the prime minister,' which, you know, we could be a little more progressive.

So, obviously, on International Women's Day, we are honoring the achievements of women, but gender equality and feminism cannot evolve in our humanity if we're not bringing our boys and men along.

Am I completely indifferent to criticism? No, not at all. But I know who I am and I have learned to respect and care for who I am.

When human beings distance themselves from their own inner truth and the truth around them, we can't see ourselves in our true light and that is to our detriment.

In my past 20 years of interaction with girls across the world I have found that girls live in fear and anxiety while growing up.

All my children ski now, they don't have a choice. They have to join mom and dad on the ski hill.

The future kind of gets less intimidating when you're the one shaping it.

I'm a mom. I'm the wife of a Prime Minister. I'm Sophie. So yes, I try to express with integrity who I am through what I'm wearing.

In yoga, it really is about being grounded.