Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments. — Rose Kennedy

My greatest regret is not having gone to Wellesley College. it is something I have felt a little sad about my whole life. — Rose Kennedy

I have had quite an interesting life. My husband was quite successful in the movies, and we went out frequently with Gloria Swanson and other stars. — Rose Kennedy

There’s always someone with a shittier life than yours. That doesn’t turn the shit in your life into roses. — Elle Kennedy

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

Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively. — Rose Kennedy

My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative. — Rose Kennedy

Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it’s the you inside that counts. — Rose Kennedy

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. — Rose Kennedy

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

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror. — Rose Kennedy

I’ve had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it. — Rose Kennedy

Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father’s time, a politician’s home was still his castle. — Rose Kennedy

It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone. — Rose Kennedy