Barbara Bush Quotes - 9quotes.com

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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Written by Barbara Bush
Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.
Written by Barbara Bush
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.
Written by Barbara Bush
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
Written by Barbara Bush
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Written by Barbara Bush
And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
Written by Barbara Bush
One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
Written by Barbara Bush
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
Written by Barbara Bush
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
Written by Barbara Bush
Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
Written by Barbara Bush
You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
Written by Barbara Bush
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
Written by Barbara Bush
You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
Written by Barbara Bush
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
Written by Barbara Bush
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.
Written by Barbara Bush
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.
Written by Barbara Bush
My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
Written by Barbara Bush
I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
Written by Barbara Bush
Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
Written by Barbara Bush
It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.
Written by Barbara Bush
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.
Written by Barbara Bush
I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
Written by Barbara Bush
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
Written by Barbara Bush
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.
Written by Barbara Bush
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.
Written by Barbara Bush
The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
Written by Barbara Bush
I don't like attacking.
Written by Barbara Bush
I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
Written by Barbara Bush
I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
Written by Barbara Bush
My health is very good.
Written by Barbara Bush

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