It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSHYou may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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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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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.
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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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