John F.Kennedy Quotes and its meanings

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

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.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

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

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

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

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

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

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.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

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.

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.

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

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

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

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

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

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.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

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.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

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

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.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

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

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. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

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.

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

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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

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.

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.

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

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

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.

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

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

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

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.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

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

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

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

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.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

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

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

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

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.

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.

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.

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.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

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

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

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

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

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

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

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

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.