Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
--Lady Bird Johnson
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
--Lady Bird Johnson
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
--Lady Bird Johnson
Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.
--Lady Bird Johnson
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.
--Lady Bird Johnson
I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye.
--Lady Bird Johnson
It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.
--Lady Bird Johnson
No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
--Lady Bird Johnson
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
--Lady Bird Johnson
The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.
--Lady Bird Johnson
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
The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person- her husband.
--Lady Bird Johnson
The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.
--Lady Bird Johnson
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
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
When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.
--Lady Bird Johnson
Where flowers bloom so does hope.
--Lady Bird Johnson
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
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