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
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. – Rose Kennedy
Ive had an exciting time I married for love and got a little money along with it. – Rose Kennedy
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause. – Rose Kennedy
Only the explorer of steep and narrow trails inaccessible to cattle makes acquaintance with flowers in a grazing country. The large scale of all the physical features of California tends to monotony of vegetable life. The same trees cover miles of country. Only those who climb find variety. – Isabella G. Oakley, “Santa Barbara of Today,” in Sunset, May 1904