“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.”

— John F. Kennedy, Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort (12 September 1962)

About John F. Kennedy

1917 – 1963

Thirty-fifth President of the United States.

“Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”

“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”

“We celebrate the past to awaken the future.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

“Kid, you'll move mountains.”

“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood...”

“You can make something of your life. It just depends on your drive.”

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”