John F. Kennedy Motivational Quotes
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."
"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
"The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds."
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
"A child miseducated is a child lost."
"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education."
"The human mind is our fundamental resource."
"In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics."
"I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who also happens to be a Catholic."
"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen."
"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."
"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
"Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us, there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation."
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."
"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment, but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy."
"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission."
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers."
"I'm an idealist without illusions."
"Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past – let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came."
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
"Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise."
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic."
"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch."
"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction."
"The best road to progress is freedom's road."
"In a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, 'hold office'; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve."
"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
"We need men who can dream of things that never were."
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger."
"I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute."
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country."
"The problems of the world cannot be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men and women who can dream of things that never were and ask why not.
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."
"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education."
"Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man."
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
"The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds."
"Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan."
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind."
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."
"A child miseducated is a child lost."
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."
"The human mind is our fundamental resource."
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
"The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."