George H. W. Bush Quotes

The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It’s to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

Human improvement is from within outward.

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

My future's about trying to be a better man.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

The farmers of our country live better than did the kings and princes two hundred years ago … Liberty and labor have given us all.

The message of 'Star Trek,' if there is one, seems to be that we should try to live up to the very best that we're capable of.

It's our instinct to want to acquire a better lifestyle for ourselves and our families.

I'm always actively working on being a better me.

If your outer life is really a reflection of the quality of your inner life, then it's a brilliant move to spend at least an hour a day working on yourself.

Earn more to grow more, and grow more to give more.

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.

There is nothing difficult, there is nothing complicated, only one has to have a desire to have a better quality of life.

Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know.

God’s priority isn’t your destination but your development. God’s priority isn’t the dream but the dreamer.

Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery That aptly is put on. Refrain tonight, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence; the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

I want people to leave the theater and think, "How can I be a better person?" That's the only way things are going to improve.

How could a person possibly become what he is not thinking? Nor is any thought, when persistently entertained, too small to have its effect. The 'divinity that shapes our ends' is indeed ourselves.

A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.

Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

I didn't think it was fair to pretend to give of myself when I was so selfishly consumed with my own drives.

Right now, there is a stronger, more vibrant, more inspired version of you that is wanting and waiting to emerge.

You start Saul, and end up Paul,' my grandfather had often said. 'When you're a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head a bit and you starts to trying to be Paul - though you still Sauls around on the side.

Life is not easy for anyone. Sometimes you don't see the challenges on the outside, but every single one of us has both those and everything that goes on inside as well. Give it your all. Dare to be all you can be.