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 CARTERAll 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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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’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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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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.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.
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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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