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, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
The prosperity of a nation is built on the diligence of its people.
一八一四年，俄、奥、普联军兵临巴黎城下，理工学校学生要求参战。后来，这句名言被刻在巴黎理工学校梯型大教室的天花板正中心，一直激励着该校师生奋发好学。