Quotes 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.

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

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

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

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.

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.

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.

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

I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.