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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

Jimmy Carter

I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
JIMMY CARTER

Aware Change God Happiness Himself Peace Way
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Challenge Constant Thinking War
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 CARTER

Chance Count Demand Difference Life Myself
We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
JIMMY CARTER

Different Ourselves People Sin
Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
JIMMY CARTER

Life Moments Wonder
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
JIMMY CARTER

Country Human Invention Reality Right
Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
JIMMY CARTER

Education Oneself Right Security Support
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Choice End Leadership Male Religious Teaching Truth
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Failure Freedom Generation Guide Pride Reach Space Young
The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with…greater joy, peace, and happiness.
JIMMY CARTER

God Happiness Harmony Joy Live Peace Strong Tying
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
JIMMY CARTER

Damage Drugs Possession
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
JIMMY CARTER

Art Beautiful Different Dreams Hope Pieces
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Cry Home Need Requirement Start Strength Talk White
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
JIMMY CARTER

Drown Myself Trouble Wife
We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
JIMMY CARTER

Knowledge Simplicity Solution Substitution
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
JIMMY CARTER

Interest People Possible Service Truth Yourself

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