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.
BARBARA BUSHBelieve in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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