When and where did John F. Kennedy say, "Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men."
JFK was quoting the Bostonian Reverand Philip Brooks at the 11th Annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast (February 7, 1963):
"This morning we pray together; this evening apart. But each morning and each evening, let us remember the advice of my fellow Bostonian, the Reverend Phillips Brooks: "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks."