You always get back much more than you give.
JIMMY CARTERTo be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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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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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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’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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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’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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All 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.
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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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We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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