And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the Pr…

- Barbara Bush

To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I'm the enforcer. I'm the one who writes them a letter and says 'Shape up!' He writes, 'You're marvelous…

- Barbara Bush

The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thi…

- Barbara Bush

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

- Barbara Bush

Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you a…

- 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 coworke…

- Barbara Bush

The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.

- Barbara Bush

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

The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.

- Barbara Bush