7 Jimmy Carter Quotes on Leadership

Jimmy Carter quotes on leadership

9. We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities- not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.

13. Ultimately, the basic issue is whether America will provide global leadership that springs from the unity and the integrity of the American people, or whether extremist doctrines, the manipulation of the truth, will define America's role in the world. At stake is nothing less than our nation's soul. But I am not discouraged. I really am not. I do not despair for our country. I never do. I believe, as I always have, the essential decency and compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail.

15. I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president.

29. A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.

36. I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

38. If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

44. The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.