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Rosalynn Carter

First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers.
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Expectation History Mom Perfection Wife
If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, we need not weep like Alexander the Great that we have no more worlds to conquer.
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Achievement Conquer Dreams Old World Youth
I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what is going on and discover that the perceptions in Washington aren’t necessarily accurate.
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Accurate Country Discover Myself Necessary Perception Thinking
Without volunteers, we’d be a nation without a soul.
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Nation Soul Volunteer Willing
There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.
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Care Generosity Kind People Willing World
There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.
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Goodness Home Important Safety Security
Times of upheaval require not just more leadership but more leaders. People at all organizational levels, whether anointed or self-appointed, must be empowered to share leadership responsibilities.
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Empowerment Leadership Level Organizational Responsibility Share Time
Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence.
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Acceptance Confidence Development Fact Perfection Yourself
Kindness is the connection that links us all together and strengthens the bonds within our communities, neighborhoods, and families.
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Bond Connection Family Kindness Strength Togetherness
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t set high goals, you don’t branch out, you don’t try – you don’t take the risk.
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Acceptance Best Failure Possible Risk Satisfaction Try Win Yourself
I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.
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Criticism Learning Myself Politics
Don’t worry about polls, but if you do, don’t admit it.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Politics Worry Yourself
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
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Greatness Journey Leadership Necessary
Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.
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Beginning Early Himself Life Person Treat
Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.
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Better Care People Place World Yourself
If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
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Accomplishment Confidence Doubt Enough Tough Yourself

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