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I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

Rosalynn Carter

First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Expectation History Mom Perfection Wife
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t set high goals, you don’t branch out, you don’t try – you don’t take the risk.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Acceptance Best Failure Possible Risk Satisfaction Try Win Yourself
If you look at suicides, most of them are connected to depression. And the mental health system just fails them. It’s so sad. We know what to do. We just don’t do it.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Connection Failure Suicide System Yourself
If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Accomplishment Confidence Doubt Enough Tough Yourself
Times of upheaval require not just more leadership but more leaders. People at all organizational levels, whether anointed or self-appointed, must be empowered to share leadership responsibilities.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Empowerment Leadership Level Organizational Responsibility Share Time
There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Care Generosity Kind People Willing World
Don’t worry about polls, but if you do, don’t admit it.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Politics Worry Yourself
Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Better Care People Place World Yourself
Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Beginning Early Himself Life Person Treat
Kindness is the connection that links us all together and strengthens the bonds within our communities, neighborhoods, and families.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Bond Connection Family Kindness Strength Togetherness
I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what is going on and discover that the perceptions in Washington aren’t necessarily accurate.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Accurate Country Discover Myself Necessary Perception Thinking
I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Believe Community Difference Important Learning Life Live Yourself
If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, we need not weep like Alexander the Great that we have no more worlds to conquer.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Achievement Conquer Dreams Old World Youth
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Greatness Journey Leadership Necessary
I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Criticism Learning Myself Politics
Without volunteers, we’d be a nation without a soul.
ROSALYNN CARTER

Nation Soul Volunteer Willing

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

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