13 Quotes & Sayings By Rosalynn Carter

Rosalynn Carter is an American human rights activist, politician, and diplomat. She served as the First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981, when she became the First Lady of Georgia after her husband, Jimmy Carter, was elected Governor. She is the only woman to have served on a presidential cabinet, holding the position of United States Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues from 2002 to 2006.       Author: Thomas A. Edison

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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
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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
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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
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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. Rosalynn Carter
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Jimmy and I were always partners. Rosalynn Carter
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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
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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
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There is clearly much left to be done and whatever else we are going to do we had better get on with it. Rosalynn Carter
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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
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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
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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
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There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home. Rosalynn Carter