What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
ROSE KENNEDYMy father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often – but I’m well preserved.
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My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
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Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
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In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
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There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
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I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
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My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
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There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
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To my mind, there was no one in the world like my father. Wherever he was, there was magic in the air.
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Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
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I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
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Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
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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.
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Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.
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Money doesn’t give you any license to relax. It gives you an opportunity to use all your abilities, free of financial worries, to go forward, and to use your superior advantages and talents to help others.
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