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.
BARBARA BUSHIt seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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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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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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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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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.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
BARBARA BUSH