Barbara Bush Quotes

A collection of quotes by Barbara Bush.

Barbara Bush (1925-2018) was an American political figure and the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush. Born as Barbara Pierce in New York City, she grew up in an affluent family and attended prestigious schools. She met George Bush while still in high school and the couple married in 1945. They went on to have six children together, including future President George W. Bush.

As the wife of a prominent politician, Barbara Bush played an active role in her husband's political campaigns and was known for her wit, charm, and dedication to public service. As First Lady from 1989 to 1993, she focused on promoting literacy and reading nationwide through her Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She became popular for her humorous and witty remarks but was also respected for her genuine compassion and commitment to causes such as AIDS awareness and helping the homeless.

After leaving the White House, Barbara Bush continued her involvement in charitable work and co-authored a memoir with her husband titled "All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings." Her health declined in her later years, and she passed away on April 17, 2018, in Houston, Texas. Barbara Bush will be remembered as a gracious and beloved First Lady who made a lasting impact on literacy and humanitarian causes.

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will

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!

Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people

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

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with fri

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

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what t

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardsti

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.

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to m

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

I'm not a one-issue person.

I'm not a one-issue person.

Life Politics Issue

Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come fi

Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. You must read to your children and you must hug your children and you must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house.

Love Family Reading Parenting

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It

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.

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

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

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having pa

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.

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not.

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conve

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.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading

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

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

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

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

It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, t

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.