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!
- Barbara Bush Quote

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 Bush Quote

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.
- Barbara Bush Quote

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
- Barbara Bush Quote

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.
- Barbara Bush Quote

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
- Barbara Bush Quote

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
- Barbara Bush Quote

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.
- Barbara Bush Quote

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.
- Barbara Bush Quote

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.
- Barbara Bush Quote

One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
- Barbara Bush Quote

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!
- Barbara Bush Quote

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.
- Barbara Bush Quote

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
- Barbara Bush Quote

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
- Barbara Bush Quote

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
- Barbara Bush Quote

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.
- Barbara Bush Quote