Quotes by John F. Kennedy

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“ Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. “

-John F. Kennedy-

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

This is a book about the most admirable of human virtues - courage. 'Grace under pressure', Earnest Hemingway defined it.

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

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.

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

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.

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

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.

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.

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.

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

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

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

The family is the center of life, and it is the key to eternal happiness.

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

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Giáo viên là những người tạo ra đổi mới trong xã hội bằng cách hướng dẫn học sinh tìm kiếm cái mới mẻ.

Giáo dục là nguyên nhân và giải pháp cho nhiều vấn đề xã hội của chúng ta.

Hãy không hỏi nước Mỹ bạn có thể làm gì cho bạn, hãy hỏi bạn có thể làm gì cho nước Mỹ.

Đừng hỏi nước Mỹ đưa bạn những gì, mà hãy hỏi bạn đã làm gì cho nước Mỹ.

Có nhiều rủi ro và mất mát khi ta hành động. Nhưng chúng còn kém xa vô số những rủi ro khi ta phởn phơ ù lì.

Introducing John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy or was known as John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress prior to his presidency.

Born into the prominent Kennedy family in Brookline, Massachusetts, Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1940, joining the U.S. Naval Reserve the following year. During World War II, he commanded PT boats in the Pacific theater.