Testing oneself is best when done alone.
Quote by Jimmy Carter
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Testing oneself is best when done alone.
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Jimmy Carter Quotes
- I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.
- Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
- The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or '79.
- The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
- There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.
- Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
- Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.
- In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.
- When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don't find any conflict among them.
- The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
Best Quotes
- Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.
- A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.
- I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.
- A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
- Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
- I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
- Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
- Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
- When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.
- Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.