The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics, whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

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"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

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"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."

- John F. Kennedy

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"Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan."

- John F. Kennedy

Leadership

"Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future"

- John F. Kennedy

Change

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

- John F. Kennedy

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"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

- Theodore Roosevelt

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"Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must also step up the stairs."

- Vaclav Havel

Vision

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

Vision

"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real."

- Tupac Shakur

Vision

"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further."

- Thomas Carlyle

Vision