Laura Bush Children Quotations

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.

made extraordinary efforts to make sure that the children who have been upset by this hurricane are able to find some comfort and some solace in the midst of their anguish by being able to go to a school.

Let children talk. It's important for children to be able to express their feelings.

We must have high expectations for children who are more difficult to teach or who have fallen behind, ... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would accept no less than an equal concern for every child in America, and neither will my administration.

I also think it's a time if parents want to do this, especially if your children are a little older, to have a little, you know, memorial service of your own. Maybe light a candle,

We're laying the foundation of peace for our children and grandchildren,

Welcome to this happiest of traditions at the White House. In Washington, we know that spring has arrived when the White House lawn is filled with children for the Easter egg hunt.

The question we must answer now is how do we nurture the development of the next generation of women leaders in Africa and worldwide. The answer begins with education. ... Educated children grow up to be adults who have more opportunities to work, to support their families, and to fully participate in the life of their communities.

Today, your hair is whitened, your steps have slowed ... The freedom that was born of your sacrifice has lifted millions of God's children across the Earth. This freedom is your monument to your fallen friends, your gift to their children and grandchildren, and your sacred bond with generations of patriots past and present who have worn the nation's uniform,

Every country's success depends upon the health and wellbeing of its children. By working together, we can help future generations of Iraqi children grow up strong and healthy.

Don't let your children see the images, especially on Sept. 11, when you know it'll probably be on television again and again -- the plane hitting the building or the buildings falling,

It's just going to be a great celebration. I think every one of us -- every parent and every community leader -- needs ... to show children and young people that reading is very important.

Each of us who have children know what it's like to lose your child for a minute in a department store, so we can imagine what these families are feeling and what they're thinking if they've been separated from their children for the last week or so.

It's very important to get your children in school. It gives children a sense of normalcy.

It's really very important to make sure that all the schools on the Gulf Coast are back up and running, and have safe places for children to play. That'll bring parents back; if they know their children will be safe.

I mean, my children are grown, and I still felt like I had to reassure them, ... And then, to be perfectly frank, I called my mother because I wanted her to reassure me.

I miss teaching. I love teaching. And I have the opportunity, because I visit schools all the time, to still read with children and work with children.

Children will be very welcoming, ... It's an opportunity for them to meet children from another part of the country and figure out what ways they can help.

I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else does. And I wanted to draw attention to these organizations and recognize the contributions they were making to the country and to our children in particular.

What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes.

Giving homeless children the chance to be educated, giving them this ticket to their futures, is so wonderful. They will have the chance to not repeat the suffering of their childhoods in their own families. They can build secure and safe lives for themselves and their children.

I like this idea of generation after generation helping children on the streets, kids who have run away fleeing violence. I like the whole idea of opening arms for children who have nowhere else to go, sleeping by dumpsters.

I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them.

An educated child is better equipped to handle all the challenges of life, from finding work to avoiding diseases like HIV/AIDS.

Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They're more likely to excell in school. They're more likely to graduate secondary school and go to college.

When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.

Time spent in nature decreases stress and anxiety and improves focus for adults as well as children.

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

Children know that if they have a question about the world, the library is the place to find the answer. And someone will always be there to help them find the answer-our librarians. (A librarian's) job is an important one. Our nation runs on the fuel of information and imagination that libraries provide. And they are in charge of collecting and sharing this information in a helpful way. Librarians inform the public, and by doing so, they strengthen our great democracy.

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?

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.

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.