You don't have to be a President to be a leader, and you don't have to be a First Lady to touch the life of someone else.

April 27, 1997 — Presidents' Summit on America's Future in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"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.”

Barbara P. Bush

“What happens in your house is more important than what happens in the White House.”

Barbara P. Bush

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

Barbara P. 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 P. Bush

"And who knows? Somewhere out there 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!"

Barbara P. Bush

“You have two choices in life: you can like what you do, or you can dislike it. I have chosen to like it.”

Barbara P. Bush