Laura Bush Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we have all manner of words and phrases, some helpful, some not. Still, we are conditioned to say something, even if it is only 'I am sorry for your loss.' But for an absence, for someone who was never there at all, we are wordless to capture that particular emptiness. For those who deeply want children and are denied them, those missing babies hover like silent, ephemeral shadows over their lives. Who can describe the feel of a tiny hand that is never held?

  Laura Bush

  Baby, Children, Sorry

  Laura Bush (2010). “Spoken from the Heart”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

• As parents, the most important thing we can do
  is read to our children early and often. Reading
  is the path to success in school and life. When
  children learn to love books, they learn to love
  learning.

  Laura Bush

  Children, Reading, Book

• We all, parents, educators, community leaders, and every... citizen, need to come together to find new ways to engage children with the natural environment.

  Laura Bush

  Nature, Children, Community

• It's a huge advantage to have parents who read to you. And it's an advantage that lasts a lifetime.

  Laura Bush

  Parent, Lasts, Lifetime

  "Interview: Laura Bush and Jenna Bush". Interview with Rosemary Ellis, www.goodhousekeeping.com. March 27, 2008.

• I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to them so naturally. It wasn't forced. This is their character, and it's a big advantage I have, being raised by people like this, having a secure and stable life, and a lot of love and encouragement.

  Laura Bush

  Encouragement, Character, People

  "A Conversation With Laura Bush: 'Education Is The Key'". Interview with Kevin M. Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2012.

• When I taught school, we just had the school cafeteria; we didn't have machines or things for children to buy food from. But parents can try to educate their children about choices. A lot of everything we're talking about that has to do with heart disease has to do with the choices that we make.

  Laura Bush

  Children, Heart, School

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