Lady Bird Johnson Professions : Former First Lady of the United States Born : December 22, 1912 Died : July 11, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 44 quotes by Lady Bird Johnson Where flowers bloom so does hope. Lady Bird Johnson flower hope spring The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. Lady Bird Johnson mutual-interest earth-day nature Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. Lady Bird Johnson believe kids children Some may wonder why I chose wildflowers when there are hunger and unemployment and the big bomb in the world. Well, I, for one, think we will survive, and I hope that along the way we can keep alive our experience with the flowering earth. For the bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man. Lady Bird Johnson earth men thinking Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers. Lady Bird Johnson untamed childhood garden There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations. Lady Bird Johnson government tree children My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life. Lady Bird Johnson home heart order Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future. Lady Bird Johnson air mean children A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive. Lady Bird Johnson stress alive adventure Native plants give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours. I want Texas to look like Texas and Vermont to look like Vermont. Lady Bird Johnson texas nature land Flowers in the city are like lipstick on a woman-it just makes you look better to have a little color. Lady Bird Johnson color flower cities The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. Lady Bird Johnson women business fear When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old. Lady Bird Johnson thrill growing snow The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom. Lady Bird Johnson freedom sound ideas Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites. Lady Bird Johnson site thirst renewal Wildflowers are the stuff of my heart! Lady Bird Johnson wildflowers stuff heart For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking. Lady Bird Johnson laughter inspiration book Walk away from it until you're stronger, All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope. Lady Bird Johnson stronger able breakup Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. Lady Bird Johnson thought-provoking reading book While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many. Lady Bird Johnson community important spirit Similar Authors Betty Ford former-first-lady-of-the-united-states Bess Truman former-first-lady-of-the-united-states Abigail Adams former-first-lady-of-the-united-states Barbara Bush former-first-lady-of-the-united-states Helen Herron Taft former-first-lady-of-the-united-states Grace Coolidge former-first-lady-of-the-united-states All Authors
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