I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.
ROSE KENNEDYMake sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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I am just an old-fashioned girl.
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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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More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
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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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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.
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Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.
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My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
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I don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.
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No one will ever feel sorry for me.
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If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t grasped the situation.
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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.
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I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.
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I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
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What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
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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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