Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
JIMMY CARTERI 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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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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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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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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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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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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