Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
BARBARA BUSHFuture of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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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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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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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.
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