You learn that there’s no right way to do it, no wrong way to do it. It’s just what you feel comfortable with, to trust that, and don’t let anybody box you in to a certain style of parenting or make you feel a certain way about what your kids do.

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.

I always joke that my kids‘ favorite holiday is Father’s Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It’s my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.

It is not so much our friends‘ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn’t want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis‘ future.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Children make your life important.

I’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

It is only a man’s own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else’s meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

I like to be myself, and I don’t pretend. For instance, I don’t dress up for occasions; I am what I am.

The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.

I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

My next baby will be my new record.

Our veterans who fall on hard times and find themselves without a home deserve more than just handwringing or kind words. They deserve real help that gets them back on their feet.

Scoutcraft is a means through which the veriest hooligan can be brought to higher thought and to the elements of faith in God; and, coupled with the Scout’s obligation to do a good turn every day, it gives the base of Duty to God and to Neighbour on which the parent or pastor can build with greater ease the form of belief that is desired.

Now that I’m a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Hip-hop is ever changing but you’ll always have the pack. And you’ll always have those people who are separated from the pack.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.

No, we don’t own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

Everybody has their thing they like or don’t like to see. It’s all in your head. That’s why people take their own pictures, because it’s difficult for someone else to capture what you seek.

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

Never elated when someone’s oppressed, never dejected when another one’s blessed.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

Most people are happy being average. Most are happy being faceless in a sea of faces.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that’s where a lot of preachers‘ kids get off base sometimes. Because they don’t see the same things at both places.

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world’s phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

I’m on the autism spectrum. I don’t usually follow social coding and so therefore I go my own way.

And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.

I’m not a sheep.

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to raising our children.

My momma didn’t clean up floors so I could be a thug… so I could wear my pants down.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.

I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I’ve always thought it isn’t that different from everybody else’s.

Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.

Obama’s policies have been approximately the same as Bush’s, though there have been some slight differences, but that’s not a great surprise. The Democrats supported Bush’s policies.

I love being a dad. I just love it.

Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still ‚mom-in-chief.‘ My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.

To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.

We can’t form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls… that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.

If you are not being bullied all I would say – cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well – is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there’s someone in your class that maybe doesn’t have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.

Everyone has their style and your style explains a lot about who you are – you feel me? I’ve had style since childhood, so I like to dress how I feel. But maybe I get carried away by some trends.