Barbara Bush > Quotes

“Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.”
― 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, Reflections: Life After the White House

“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 Bush

“War is not nice.”
― Barbara Bush

“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people.”
― Barbara Bush

“As important as your obligations as a doctor, lawyer or business leader will be, you are a human being first. And these human connections with spouse, with children and with friends are the most important investments you will ever make. At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent. One thing will never change. Fathers and Mothers, if you have children, they must come first. You must read to your children, you must hug your children and you must love your children…. Your success as a family, our success as a society depends not what happens at the White House, but what happens inside YOUR house.”
― Barbara Bush

“to us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”
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“Believe in something larger than yourself.”
― Barbara Bush

“At the end of your life, you will never regret winning one more verdict or earning one more paycheck. You WILL regret time not spent with a spouse, a friend or a loved one.”
― Barbara Bush

“Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood. But everyone has something to give.”
― Barbara Bush

“I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children that, they just about throw up.”
― Barbara Bush

“You don't just 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

“AT the end of your life you will never regret not having passed one more test, not wining 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, Reflections: Life After the White House

“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

“across. Did you know that if a child never misses a day of school from first grade to twelfth grade, he or she would have spent only 9 percent of his or her life in the classroom? The other 91 percent is spent in the home or out in the community. We cannot expect teachers and the schools to solve all our children’s problems.”
― Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush: A Memoir

“I was riding with her on Marine One when she read that Donald Trump had divorced his first wife to marry a much younger woman. I learned she didn’t have much patience with men who sought trophy wives when she said: That man will never set foot again in the White House as long as I have anything to do with it.”
― Barbara Bush, Pearls of Wisdom: Little Pieces of Advice

“called from Hawaii to say he was on his way home, waiting for a military flight. On Christmas”
― Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush: A Memoir

“You don't just luck into things...You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.”
― Barbara Bush

“I think it's great to have a new life every 10 years or so.”
― Barbara Bush

“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a [spouse], a friend, a child or a parent.”
― Barbara Bush

“If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather than dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.”
― Barbara Bush

“As important as your obligations as a doctor, lawyer or business leader will be, you are a human being first. And these human connections with spouse, with children and with friends are the most important investments you will ever make.”
― Barbara Bush