Jackie Kennedy Quotes

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

I have been through a lot and have suffered a great deal. But I have had lots of happy moments, as well. Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single, indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness!

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

Pearls are always appropriate.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

One should always dress like a marble column.

You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness: Complete use of one's faculties along lines leading to excellence in a life affording them scope. It applies to women as well as to men. We can't all reach it, but we can try to reach it to some degree.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

I am a woman above everything else.

Our culture will become like it was during the medieval times when there truly was a cultural elite. The rest of the people will just watch television, which will be their only frame of reference.

If you cut people off from what nourishes them spiritually, something in them dies.

I want to live my life, not record it.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

Love of books is the best of all.

I am happiest when I am alone.

The greatest responsibility is your children. If my children turned out badly, I'd feel that nothing I had done was worthwhile.

You have only one chance to raise your child.

I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.