Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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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.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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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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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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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.
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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 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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