About John F. Kennedy

35th President of the United States who launched the race to the Moon. (1917-1963)

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More from John F. Kennedy

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.Inaugural Address (1961)
• Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.Inaugural Address (1961)
• 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.Address at Rice University (1962)
• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche, Frankfurt (1963)
• As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.Thanksgiving Day Proclamation (1963)
• Things don't just happen, they are made to happen.Speech at the Arkansas State Fairground, Little Rock (1963)

More quotes on leadership

• Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.Michael Jordan
• Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence.Vince Lombardi
• Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for the individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.Vince Lombardi
• Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all the needed talents to go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.Vince Lombardi
• Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.John Wooden
• Young people need models, not critics.John Wooden

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