A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

I’d seen a thousand lifetimes come and go, but had never truly lived.

Each one of us also can become an image or likeness of God if we, like Jesus, the firstborn, give our bodies to him

We can change our wives,” he said. “We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never change our team.

A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.

You wanted to know my passions? Allow me to introduce them to you.

The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between...the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.

Whatever is committed from a bad example, is displeasing even to its author.

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.

I, myself, am strange and unusual.