I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
JIMMY CARTEREveryone 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
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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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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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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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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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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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I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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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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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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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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