Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
JIMMY CARTEREveryone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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