Caroline Kennedy Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Christmas, Mother, Memories

• I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Life, Mother, Courage

  "Kennedy says 9/11, Obama led her to public service" by Larry Neumeister, www.foxnews.com. December 26, 2008.

• One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mother, Brother, Doors

• My mother ... had a very deep inner spirituality that allowed her to rebuild her life. It's extraordinary that she had such a strong sense of self and such a commitment to the future and such a strong creative sense that she could build new worlds for herself and for us out of the total devastation in her life.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mom, Mother, Strong

• John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mother, Strong Women, Thinking

• I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mother, Father, Reading

• I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mother, Fashion, Book

• The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mother, Father, Years

• I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mother, People, Personality

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