--- title: "4 Sunday Quotes By Jimmy Carter" description: "4 Sunday quotes by Jimmy Carter. Plus more from Jimmy Carter and more Sunday sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/jimmy-carter-479_bible_i-don-t-claim-to-be-knowledgeable-about_772983.jpg" --- > [I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-don-t-claim-to-be-knowledgeable-about-theology-most-of-my-knowledge/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/jimmy-carter-479_bible_i-don-t-claim-to-be-knowledgeable-about_772983.jpg) > [I thought a lot about our Nation and what I should do as President. And Sunday night before last, I made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-thought-a-lot-about-our-nation-and-what-i-should-do-as-president/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/jimmy-carter-479_communication_i-thought-a-lot-about-our-nation-and-wha_1125804.jpg) > [People in the United States, including me, are naturally inclined to support Israel. I'm an evangelical Christian who teaches the Bible every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/people-in-the-united-states-including-me-are-naturally-inclined-to/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/jimmy-carter-479_christian_people-in-the-united-states-including-me_1671947.jpg) > [Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last fifteen or twenty years, I have taught every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/since-i-was-18-years-old-i-have-taught-the-bible-for-the-last-fifteen/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/jimmy-carter-479_ancient_since-i-was-18-years-old-i-have-taught-t_2245405.jpg) ## Other authors on Sunday - [Andrew Neil 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/andrew-neil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/haruki-murakami/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Jarod Kintz 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vance-havner-93139.jpg) Vance Havner 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/vance-havner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-washer-74235.jpg) Paul Washer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/paul-washer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joel-osteen-50643.jpg) Joel Osteen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/joel-osteen/) ## More by Jimmy Carter > [One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/one-of-the-most-basic-principles-for-making-and-keeping-peace-within/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [I think politicians really go with the tide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-think-politicians-really-go-with-the-tide/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/there-s-no-way-to-have-a-peace-agreement-unless-the-mediator-or/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/jesus-never-said-a-word-about-homosexuality-in-all-of-his-teachings/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself, and where they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/penalties-against-possession-of-a-drug-should-not-be-more-damaging-to/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/no-poor-rural-weak-or-black-person-should-ever-again-have-to-bear-the/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/our-individual-fates-are-linked-our-futures-intertwined/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/southerners-whose-ancestors-a-hundred-years-ago-knew-the-horrors-of-a/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-think-the-most-challenging-thing-for-me-in-my-life-and-in-the-bible/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/faith-implies-a-continuing-search-not-necessarily-a-final-answer/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-don-t-want-to-tell-president-obama-how-to-make-a-speech-he-s-a-much/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/we-must-make-it-clear-that-a-platform-of-i-hate-gay-men-and-women-is/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-have-a-very-real-political-awareness-that-at-least-on-a-transient/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/everyone-has-a-right-to-peaceful-coexistence-the-basic-personal/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/energy-will-be-the-immediate-test-of-our-ability-to-unite-this-nation/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/jimmy-carter/#itemlist", "name": "4 Sunday Quotes By Jimmy Carter", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. 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