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
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.
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.
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.
Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat walks with confidence.
It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please.
Sometimes I wonder if there is something about my family which invites violence. 'Is it envy,' you ask? I don't know... I've had so much, a son as president, two as senators, a son-in-law who's an ambassador... perhaps God doesn't permit that much.
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.
Life isn't about milestones, it's about moment
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.
There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.