Quotes from Jimmy Carter

I have a very personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It doesn't depend on the fact that he can walk on water.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

God always answers prayers. Sometimes it's 'yes.' Sometimes the answer is 'no.' Sometimes it's 'you gotta be kidding.

We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.

I just look at death as not a threat. It's inevitable, and I have an assurance of eternal life.

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

Because I know about the Holy Land, I've taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and - but you can't bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.

When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.