21 Quotes by Barbara Bush
- Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
- Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
- My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
- It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.
- If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
- I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
- I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
- Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.
- The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
- Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
- And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
- Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
- I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
- You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
- The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
- When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
- To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
- You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
- You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
- Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
- You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
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