John F. Kennedy Quotes

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

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

There are costs and risks to a program of action, but they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

We cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

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

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.

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

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

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

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.