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29 Rose Kennedy Quotes on Life (PROSPERITY)

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“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.”

Rose Kennedy
Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.Pin
Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.Pin
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.Pin
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?Pin
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often - but I'm well preserved.Pin
I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often – but I’m well preserved.
It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.Pin
It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.Pin
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.Pin
The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
I don't think you're much good, unless you're doing good to someone.Pin
I don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.

19 Inspirational Rose Kennedy Quotes on Life and Love (THE GREAT)

If God were to take away all his blessings – health, physical fitness, wealth, intelligence – and leave me with but one gift I would ask him for faith. For with faith in him and his goodness, mercy and love for me, and belief in everlasting life, I believe I could suffer the loss of all my other gifts and still be happy.

Rose Kennedy
Prosperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.Pin
Prosperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.
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.Pin
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 am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead.Pin
I am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead.
I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.Pin
I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
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.Pin
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.
I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.Pin
I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.
What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?Pin
What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.Pin
It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.Pin
My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
To my mind, there was no one in the world like my father. Wherever he was, there was magic in the air.Pin
To my mind, there was no one in the world like my father. Wherever he was, there was magic in the air.
I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.Pin
I’ve had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.
My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.Pin
My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn't understand either men or percentages.Pin
Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn’t understand either men or percentages.
Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity.Pin
Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity.
There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.Pin
There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.Pin
It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.
I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world.Pin
I’m one of the most fortunate people in the world.

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.

Rose Kennedy
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Rose Kennedy Short Biography

Born on 22 July 1890 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was the matriarch of the influential Kennedy family.

She was enrolled at Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, unfortunately the college was not granting degrees at that time.

On October 7, 1914, she married Joseph Kennedy after years of courtship. She had nine children with him and was happy and content with her role as a full-time homemaker.

Kennedy was a devout Catholic and was seen going to church despite her old age.

Coming from a politically inclined family, she was a natural when it came to her roles as the mother of three civil servants. She actively campaigned for John F. Kennedy’s presidential run.

She was also heavily involved in philanthropic efforts throughout her life and was recognized as a countess by Pope Pius XII in 1951.

Her life is remembered in the short documentary entitled Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember which garnered an Oscar nomination.

Further Reading:

Here are the best Rose Kennedy quotes so you can learn to give yourself time to heal from adversities and distresses.

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Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political MatriarchPin
Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch

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