Rose Kennedy
Rose Kennedy
Countess Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedywas an American philanthropist and socialite. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish Catholic community in Boston, where her father was mayor. She was the wife of businessman and investor Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., who was United States Ambassador to the Court of St James's. Their nine children included President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy. She was the sixth American woman to be granted the title of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 July 1890
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.
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.
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.
Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.
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.
When I think of my past, I try to dwell on the good times, the happy moments, and not to be haunted by the bad. . . To me the gift of life is contained in the command, whatever happens: "Don't let it get you. Just keep on going." Thus, I try to think of the good that I have already experienced and what will still be coming.
Early in life, I decided that I would not be overcome by events. My philosophy has been that regardless of the circumstances, I shall not be vanquished, but will try to be happy. Life is not easy for any of us. But it is a continual challenge, and it is up to us to be cheerful - and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw strength from our example.
There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed
Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.
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.