Quotes from Barbara Bush

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.

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.

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.

War is not nice.

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

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

Believe in something larger than yourself.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

You don't just luck into things...You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

I think it's great to have a new life every 10 years or so.

called from Hawaii to say he was on his way home, waiting for a military flight. On Christmas

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.

I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.

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 are kinder and gentler.

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.

You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.

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