In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.

—John F. Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress before his presidency. Kennedy...

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Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

—John F. Kennedy

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

—John F. Kennedy

We need men who can dream of things that never were.

—John F. Kennedy

So, let us not be blind to our differences—but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

—John F. Kennedy

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

—John F. Kennedy

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Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

It is only in your mind that you have to excel, at anything or everything. Of course, it would be very nice to excel at most things. Indeed, we recommend that you try and do your best. But realistically, you are entitled to do the bare minimum to get by. All your accomplishments are just a bonus, something to enjoy, not requirements. You don't have to do anything to prove that you are worthy of existing.

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