Laura Bush Quotes

There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men.

If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?

Growing up, my dad and my mom were there for my sister and I.

My father is my go-to man.

[Steven Sebring] presence was also nice for my children, who, having just lost their father, quite naturally craved warm male attention. They gravitated to him right away.

I didn't have a great childhood, and neither did Debbie, my wife, so we both try to give the kids not only the material things we never had but also the hugs and the love.

My parents are really supportive of everything I do.

My mom is just incredible. She's delved into both the mother and father figure in my life.

There's absolutely no part of what I do that my dad doesn't have the utmost pride in. It doesn't matter what the job is - he's... supportive. Same with my mother.

It means everything to be a father. I had a father growing up, so I wanted my kids to have a father as well.

Throughout my life, my mom, my dad, my grandmother - these were people who made sure that I had the right people around me uplifting me.

Kids grow up, and they still need you.

If I can help one family embrace their child and not displace them and throw them out, I'm happy about that.

We all know what it's like to want to have that support from our family members and the people that we love, especially our parents.

The truth is, it was my Nanna and Grandad who helped me get over my mum's death. Surrounding me with infinite, unquestioning love, they were classic kinship carers.

My father and mother have given me so much love, so much support, that it would trivialize their parenthood if I would reduce it just to basketball. But my dad does call me before and after every game. And when we lost a game we shouldn't have, he told me it wasn't my fault. And I appreciated that, because he was trying to pick me up.

Both of my parents have loved and supported me from my very first strides.

The thing that was most constant when I was growing up was just complete support and adoration from my parents.

In general, in any kind of stepparent relationship, I'm happy that there's somebody else loving my children.

I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.

My father combined many of the elements that were feared in the culture, but also he was a warm figure, a figure we needed. We depended on him to give us a little bit of strength and courage.

I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger.

Parents offer an open womb. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can kiss it, and make it well whentheir grown children need to regress and repair. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can catch you when you start to fall. When you are in disgrace, defeat, and despair, home may be the safest place to hide.

Some parents have difficulty expressing their love physically or vocally. I do not ever recall my own father using the words, "Son, I love you," but he showed it in a thousand ways which were more eloquent than words. He rarely missed a practice, a game, a race, or any activity in which his sons participated.

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.