Eunice Kennedy Shriver Quotes

United States, Philanthropist
July 10, 1921 – August, 11, 2009.

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver, DSG was an American philanthropist and a member of the Kennedy family. Shriver is known as the founder of the Special Olympics, a sports organization for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities. For her efforts on behalf of the disabled, Shriver was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.

Looks fade. Brains don't.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Looks
- Brains
- Fade
In Community of Caring, we believe the quality of caring we give to our parents, to our brothers and sisters, to our families, to our friends and neighbors, and to the poor and the powerless endows a life, a community with respect, hope and happiness.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Hope
- Parents
- Community

Do the best you can, and then to hell with it!

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Do The Best
... my mother and father ... raised nine of us and taught each to do our best ... We tried.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Tried
- Mother And Father
You are the stars and the world is watching you. By your presence, you send a message to every village, every city, every nation. A message of hope. A message of victory.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Hope
- Victory
- Stars
If you don't have an idea that materializes and changes a person's life, then what have you got? You have talk, research, telephone calls, meetings, but you don't have a change in the community.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver