When were you last inspired to achieve the impossible?

The former Soviet Union was first to space with a Satellite, then a monkey, and ultimately beat the United States to space with the first Human, Yuri Gagarin.

On that day April 12, 1961, the world rightfully assumed the USSR would be first to walk on the moon...the first words on lunar soil would be Russian...except they weren't.

Why not? JFK was an inspiring leader.

JFK had a vision of the future which inspired individuals to achieve the impossible.

Initially, John F Kennedy had little interest in the space program until he understood Russia's rapid progress and its implications on national defense. John J Kennedy stood before a nation and offered the impossible vision/mission/goal;

"We choose to go to the moon in this decade, not because that will be easy, but because it will be hard -- because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills -- because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win."

His vision, and those words, inspired individuals to achieve the impossible in a very short timeframe and the world will never be the same.

What leaders have inspired you?