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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”
President John F. Kennedy delivered this speech in 1962 at the height of the Cold War to proclaim the United States policy of assisting in the defense and development of countries threatened by Communism. The speech is still memorable for its call to service and its enduring power as an American call to arms.
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the 35th president (from 1961-1963) of the United States of America and commander-in-chief when tensions between the Soviet Union and North America were high.
What follows are some of his most inspirational and motivational quotes. They can give you the goals to take a more active role in living your dreams.
50 Inspiring John F. Kennedy Quotes
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” ― John F. Kennedy
“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity.” ― John F. Kennedy
“If not us, who? If not now, when?”
“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” ― John F. Kennedy
“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.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” ― John F. Kennedy
“I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.” ― John F. Kennedy
“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or make it the last.”- John F. Kennedy
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” ― John F. Kennedy
“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” ― John F. Kennedy
“We do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” ― John F. Kennedy
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.” ― John F. Kennedy
“One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The human mind is our fundamental resource.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Failure has no friends.” ― John F. Kennedy
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” ― John F. Kennedy
“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.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.” ― John F. Kennedy
“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 and ask “why not?” John F. Kennedy
“Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” ― John F. Kennedy
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” ― John F. Kennedy
“There is, in addition to a courage with which men die; a courage by which men must live.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met—obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.”- John F. Kennedy
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.” ― John F. Kennedy
“It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.” ― John F. Kennedy
“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.” ― John F. Kennedy
“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Our problems are man-made, therefore they can be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.” ― John F.
“We choose to go the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.” ― John F. Kennedy
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” ― John F. Kennedy
