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.
ROSALYNN CARTER
ROSALYNN CARTER
Rosalynn Carter on achievement
Rosalynn Carter20 quotes“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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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.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter 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.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter Don’t worry about polls, but if you do, don’t admit it.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter 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.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter Without volunteers, we’d be a nation without a soul.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter 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.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter 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.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter There is clearly much left to be done, and whatever else we are going to do, we had better get on with it.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter If you look at suicides, most of them are connected to depression. And the mental health system just fails them. It’s so sad. We know what to do. We just don’t do it.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter 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.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.
Rosalynn CarterRosalynn Carter 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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