The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
JOHN F. KENNEDYHold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.
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The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
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Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.
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Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
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Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation’s greatness.
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Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand the opportunities of our people.
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If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
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We need people who can dream of things that never were.
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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
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Each success brings with it the potential of failure and each failure brings with it the potential of success.
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No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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Don’t pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.
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Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.
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A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
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Sincerity is always subject to proof.
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