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.
BARBARA BUSHSome people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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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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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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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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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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