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

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 have never seen as far, than those times I have looked through someone else's perspective.

The harder it gets...the tougher you become. The tougher you become, the easier you're able to deal with your thoughts. And once you reach that stage...there's no stopping you.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings.

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

Of the whole public not a handful can understand the artist's point of view or the writer's conscience.

Despite everything - despite all this hatred, despite all this misunderstanding between nations and civilizations - I think love is the end. Love is the end.

Leadership is Idealism in Action.

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.