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 CARTERLife is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
-
-
I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
JIMMY CARTER -
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 -
We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
JIMMY CARTER -
We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
JIMMY CARTER -
Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
JIMMY CARTER -
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.
JIMMY CARTER -
I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
JIMMY CARTER -
You always get back much more than you give.
JIMMY CARTER -
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
JIMMY CARTER -
Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
JIMMY CARTER -
Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
JIMMY CARTER -
You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
JIMMY CARTER -
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 -
I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
JIMMY CARTER -
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.
JIMMY CARTER