Inspiring Words of Wisdom – Iconic Quotes from JFK part 1
Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.
The torch has been passed to a new generation.
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Imagination breeds innovation.
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, we are going back from whence we came.
Our problems are man-made; therefore, they can be solved by man.
The president’s job is to persuade.
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Inspiring Words of Wisdom – Iconic Quotes from JFK part 2
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
The supreme task of a leader is to maintain trust.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of death.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers.
The cost of freedom is high, but poor men cannot buy it.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Inspiring Words of Wisdom – Iconic Quotes from JFK part 3
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer.
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and knowledge is a nation that is afraid of its people.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
In the final analysis, it is our people who will make the difference.
When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other opportunity.
Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Inspiring Words of Wisdom – Iconic Quotes from JFK part 4
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
To be courageous is to be willing to be seen.
If we don’t have the right to question our leaders, we risk becoming merely passive followers.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Life is unfair, but that’s no reason to give up.
Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors.
There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.
Inspiring Words of Wisdom – Iconic Quotes from JFK part 5
Let us go forth to lead the land we love.
Sometimes our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.
The future is not a gift; it is an achievement.
What we need is not the will to believe, but the will to find out.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure our liberties only by understanding that freedom is not free.
