Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.

I'm better for all the things that have happened to me, the good and the bad.

I have to really enjoy the good things because it makes the bad things OK.

To be honest, whatever troubles I've had, I've also gotten the opportunities to do things.

I can't help but be thankful, and really appreciate everything I have been through, good and bad, because it got me here!

I'm always thankful for the stuff I went through and thankful for the people I've met, and I'm thankful even for some of the bad times because all of it helps get you to wherever you are in your life.

Positive things come out of even the most difficult times.

I am grateful to all the ups and downs in my life.

A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.

I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

I've learned that many of the worst things lead to the best things, that no great thing is achieved without a couple of bad, bad things on the way to them, and that the bad things that happen to you bring, in some cases, the good things.

Anybody who has gone through a life-changing experience will tell you there is a different understanding of what is real and what is important, and when you are going through different moments, you can reflect and go, 'I have been through worse.'

We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.