“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?”
"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
"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
"I looked on child-rearing not only as a work of love and duty, but as a profession that was fully interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it."
- Rose Kennedy
Ambition
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience