47 John F. Kennedy Motivational Quotes

John F. Kennedy is a president and a good motivator. Here are 47 John F. Kennedy motivational quotes can provide useful inspiration for us.

1.           A child miseducated is a child lost.

2.           A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

3.     A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open marketis a nation that is afraid of its people.

4.     A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

5.          A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.

6.         All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"

7.        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.

8.           Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other

9.          Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future

10.     All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents

11.       Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other

12.      Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate

13.    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

14.     One person can make a difference and every person should try

15.     Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country

16.     Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction

17.     We must use time as a tool not as a couch

18.     Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names

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

20.     Democracy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone will fail.

21.     I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

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

23.     Let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate.

24.     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.

25.       Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.

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

27.   So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

28.     The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

29.     The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

30.     The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

31.     The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'

32.     The stories of past courage can define that ingredient-they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

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

34.     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.

35.     Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

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

37.     We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be gained.

38.     We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for us; that is our only commitment to others.

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

40.  The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation’s greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.

41.     Before my term has ended, we shall have to test a new whether a nation organized and governed such as ours can endure. The outcome is by no means certain.

42.   Probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

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

44.     And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

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

46.     Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

47.     Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

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