We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
JF
John F. KennedyDemocratic National Convention acceptance speech (1960)
About John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States who launched the race to the Moon. (1917-1963)
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)
- Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.Remarks prepared for delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas (1963)
- 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)
More quotes on purpose
- Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked.Viktor Frankl
- The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.Carl Jung
- The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.Carl Jung
- As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.Carl Jung
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.William James
- The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.Bertrand Russell
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