A Man Made Great.

John Fritzgerald Kennedy aka JFK
was the 35th President of the United States
serving from 1961 until his assassination two years later.

JFK, the youngest ever US President,
was the embodiment of optimism
and strong character.
We can see
love, faith and hope
in his life, private and public.

I admire his values of
responsibility and God-fearing lifestyle.
His life is a testimony of a
true value-adder of a generation.

Let's check out one of his most famous speeches -
Inaugural address, Washington,
20 January 1961:

In times of trouble,
JFK spoke up
and led with faith:

''....to those nations who would make themselves
our adversary,
we offer not a pledge
but a request:
that both sides begin anew
the quest for peace...

Let us never negotiate
out of fear.

But let us
never fear
to negotiate.''

He lived by Truth
and walked in Truth.

And out of this lifestyle,
JFK is a problem-solver,
peace-maker,
and a man committed to good works.

''Let both sides united to heed,
in all corners of the earth,
the command of Isaiah -
to
'undo the heavy burdens...
and let the oppressed go free.'

...,let both sides join in creating a new endeavour -
not a new balance of power,
but a new world of law -

where the strong are just,
and the weak secure,
and the peace preserved...''

A leader
doesn't lead to impress.
He doesn't inspire
but transform -
and he does so by love.

He loves his people too much
to spoil them.

By this,
JFK was more interested in his people's
character
than their comfort.

He taught them
responsibility,
ownership and the power of
unity.

''In your hands,
my fellow citizens,
more than mine,
will rest the final success or failure of our course...

Now the trumpet summons us again -
not a call to bear arms,
though arms we need -
not 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.

''In the long history of the world,
only a few generations have been granted
the role of defending freedom
in its hour of maximum danger.

I do not shrink from this responsibility -
I welcome it.

..the energy,
the faith,
the devotion
which we bring to this endeavour will light our country
and all who serve it.
And the glow from that fire
can truly light the world.

And so,
my fellow Americans,
ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world,
ask not what America will do for you,
but what together
we can do for the freedom of man.

No man is so great,
that he shouldn't submit to
someone greater.

A man
is a man.

But a man is made great,
if he is submitted
to the Greatest -

even in his weakness,
he will be given what money and fame
can never purchase:

special grace,
priceless wisdom and ability
will show itself strong on
a man who
humbles himself and seeks His face.

A man is made great,
when he trusts and hopes
in someone Greater.

He is faithful in giving what he can give,
while in his lack,
he depends and learns to ask and receive
from his Provider.

''Finally,
whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world,

ask of us here the same high standards
of strength and sacrifice
which we ask of you.

With a good conscience
our only sure reward,
with history the final judge of our deeds,
let us go forth
to lead the land we love,

asking His blessing and His help,
but knowing that here on earth
God's work must
truly be our own.''

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