Whether you are talking about education, career or service, you are talking about life … and life really must have joy. It's supposed to be fun!
(Wellesley College commencement address, 1990)
You have two choices in life: You can like what you do, or you can dislike it. I have chosen to like it.
(Barbara Pierce Bush online memorial)
Believe in something larger than yourself. Get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. I chose literacy because I honestly believe that if more people could read, write and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague our nation and our society.
(Wellesley College commencement address, 1990)
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 Pierce Bush online memorial)
One of the reasons I made the most important decision of my life – to marry George Bush – is because he made me laugh. It's true, sometimes we've laughed through our tears – but that shared laughter has been one of our strongest bonds.
(Wellesley College commencement address, 1990)
