He has not shown the special interest in reading that we should like to see but he likes shop work. George H. W. Bush's parents on his Andover application

The only thing you deserve is what you earn

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

We don't deserve anything; we must work for everything.

I don't believe in dreams. I believe in going after it.

It's like our daddies and moms always used to tell us growing up, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

Produce results on the mat and in the classroom

Academics and wrestling, you cant separate the two.

One of George H. W. Bush's early teachers at Andover wrote, "At the moment he is intellectually immature for his powers of reasoning are not entirely developed.

He (the immigrant father) would walk by proxy in the Elysian fields of liberal learning.

He was a generous but subtly demanding boss.

All that we know, soon shall we abandon. As time will lend itself. Eyes know only what they see. But brave hearts beat on with belief.

I have great respect for the Syrian people, as I do for the rest of the Middle East.

The voice of every kid hooked on drugs, alcohol or the occult joins the sad chorus "Not me! I didn't think it could ever happen to me. I was sure I could handle it.

The secret to walkin´ on water is knowing where the rocks are.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

I'm really, really emotional.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Live your life in ways that do not support wars, whosoever are the victims.