Barbara Bush

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.

Believe in something larger than yourself.

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president' s spouse. I wish him well!

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.