Rose Kennedy
21 quotes
Biography
"I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life."
"What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?"
"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."
"More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause."
"Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety."
"I've had an exciting time I married for love and got a little money along with it."
"I've had an exciting time I married for love and got a little money along with it."
"It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please."
"Birds sing after a storm why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?"
"When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it's a tremendous responsibility. What you do with him can influence not only him, but everyone he meets and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity."
"Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great."
"My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in."
"Birds sing after a storm why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"
"It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies."
"I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat."
"I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world."
"I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith."
"I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often - but I'm well preserved."
"It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time - the mind, protecting its sanity - covers them with some scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone."
"I have had quite an interesting life. My husband was quite successful in the movies, and we went out frequently with Gloria Swanson and other stars."
"My greatest regret is not having gone to Wellesley College. it is something I have felt a little sad about my whole life."