I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.

She had wit, she had grace, she had beauty; But above all, she had truth.

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.

Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion.

I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Doctors pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, into patients of whom they know nothing.

Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.