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 BUSHI’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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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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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!
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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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.
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