Quotes by Barbara Bush

About Barbara Bush:

Barbara Pierce Bush is the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of the 43rd President, George W. Bush and of the 43rd Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush. Previously she had served as Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

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.

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

Barbara Bush

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

Barbara Bush

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

Barbara Bush

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

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.

Barbara Bush

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 a...

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.

Barbara Bush

Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.

Barbara Bush

I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.

Barbara Bush

My health is very good.

Barbara Bush

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.

Barbara Bush

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Barbara Bush

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.

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.

Barbara Bush

Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.

Barbara Bush

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

Barbara Bush

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

Barbara Bush

People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.

Barbara Bush

Author Bio

  • NameBarbara Bush
  • Descriptionformer First Lady of the United States
  • AliasesBarbara Pierce Bush
  • BornJune 8, 1925
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician