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.

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"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

"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

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"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."

- Unknown

Hard Work

"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

Hard Work

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

Hard Work

"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

Hard Work

"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

Hard Work