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 CARTERI’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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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 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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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.
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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.
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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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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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