"The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly."

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"I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty, but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it."

- Rose Kennedy

Hard Work

"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"

- Rose Kennedy

Resilience

"I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith."

- Rose Kennedy

Faith

"What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?"

- Rose Kennedy

Aspirations

"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."

- Rose Kennedy

Responsibility

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"An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness."

- Elbert Hubbard

Liberation

"Loyal customers, they don’t just come back, they don’t simply recommend you—they insist that their friends do business with you."

- Chip Bell

Liberation

"You don’t earn loyalty in a day. You earn loyalty day-by-day."

- Jeffrey Gitomer

Liberation

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

Liberation

"Where liberty is, there is my country."

- Benjamin Franklin

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