You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

Quote by Barbara Bush

Topics: Doing Your Best Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's...

It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's...

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind...

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind...

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he...

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children,...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children,...

It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, thats...

It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, thats...

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not...

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not...

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of...

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of...

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is...

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children,...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children,...

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in...

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in...

As if we don't have enough violence on television.

As if we don't have enough violence on television.

You have to love your children unselfishly. Thats hard. But its the only way.

You have to love your children unselfishly. Thats hard. But its the only way.

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

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

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will...

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will...

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more...

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more...

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

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

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you...

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you...

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

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

One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a...

One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a...

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and...

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and...