Whenever I held my newborn ...

Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could have an influence not only on him but on all whom he met, not only for a day or a month or a year, but for all eternity - a very challenging and exciting thought for a mother.
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 Rose Kennedy

Quotes from the same author

I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.
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What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
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I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.
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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.
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Money doesn't give you any license to relax. It gives you an opportunity to use all your abilities, free of financial worries, to go forward, and to use your superior advantages and talents to help others.
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 Rose Kennedy