97 Quotes by Jackie Kennedy

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.

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

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

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

The trouble with me is that I’m an outsider. And that’s a very hard thing to be in American life.

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

It looks like it’s been furnished by discount stores.

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren’t supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown – watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?

Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President’s widow?