"Whether they be young in spirit, or..." - Quote by John F Kennedy
Whether they be young in spirit, or young in age, the members of the Democratic Party must never lose that youthful zest for new ideas and for a better world, which has made us great.
More by John F Kennedy
“The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of our earliest days - Thomas Jefferson - when he said, not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. If the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, was Secretary of State, and twice President, could give it two hours, our children can give it ten or fifteen minutes.”
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”
“Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.”
More on Progress
“We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.”
“The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it.”
“I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.”
More on Ideas
“A fixed idea ends in madness or heroism.”
“I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.”
“I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book.”