John F. Kennedy Quotes

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

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.

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.

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

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

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

Therefore, its conclusions are erroneous.

At the start of 2005 the idea of downloading a song to a mobile phone was an idea, by the end of the year it was a reality.

I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned.