JFK Quotes

Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger individuals. – JFK

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – JFK

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. – JFK

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. – JFK

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. – JFK

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. – JFK

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – JFK

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. – JFK

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. – JFK

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. – JFK

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. – JFK

Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. – JFK

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. – JFK

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – JFK

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. – JFK

JFK Quotes part 2

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers. – JFK

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. – JFK

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. – JFK

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. – JFK

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – JFK

For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. – JFK

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. – JFK

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. – JFK

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. – JFK

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. – JFK

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. – JFK

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. – JFK

Liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain. – JFK

In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal. – JFK

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. – JFK

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. – JFK

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. – JFK

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. – JFK

The best road to progress is freedom’s road. – JFK

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. – JFK

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last. – JFK

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. – JFK

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. – JFK

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. 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. – JFK

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas. – JFK

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction. – JFK

Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met—obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty. – JFK

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. – JFK

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – JFK

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger—but recognize the opportunity. – JFK