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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

Jimmy Carter

One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Greatness Leadership Nation Time
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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Achievement Fear Human Mad Yourself
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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Interest People Possible Service Truth Yourself
You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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Ability Better Inspirational Motivational Thinking Time Yourself
This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
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Equality Faith Inferior Play Prevent View Woman
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Country Human Invention Reality Right
Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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Answer Faith Final Necessary
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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Art Beautiful Different Dreams Hope Pieces
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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Failure Freedom Generation Guide Pride Reach Space Young
Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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Consumption Ourselves Worship
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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Compassionate Government Honesty Myself Nation People
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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Challenge Constant Thinking War
Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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Father Life Memories Myself President Public
The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
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Choice End Leadership Male Religious Teaching Truth
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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Drown Myself Trouble Wife
We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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Change Choice Suffering Togetherness Work

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