I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
JIMMY CARTEREveryone 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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