I have learned that you can do anything you want to. They used to ask me if I thought the first lady ought to be paid. If you get paid, then I have to do what first lady is supposed to do. But you can do anything you want to, and it's such a great soap box.

Rosalynn Carter

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

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

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Rosalynn Carter

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Rosalynn Carter

Caregivers are the selfless people who provide unpaid care for loved ones who are ill or have serious medical conditions. This is among the most challenging work there is.

Rosalynn Carter

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

Rosalynn Carter

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

There's a mental health problem in the sense that people are so afraid of the stigma that they don't get help. But there's absolutely a gun control problem in the country.

Rosalynn Carter

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

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.

Rosalynn Carter

I have cared for loved ones nearly all my life, so when I look in the mirror, I see a caregiver looking back at me. It began when I was 12 years old and my father became ill. Taking care of him took a toll on our entire family, my mother most of all.

Rosalynn Carter

Being a caregiver requires infinite patience, physical and emotional strength, health care navigation skills, and a sense of humor - which can be hard to come by after sleepless nights and demanding days.

Rosalynn Carter

My philosophy is that you do what you have to do.

Rosalynn Carter

You can make the First Lady's job whatever you want it to be. To some women the job is more involved with the entertaining. They feel at home doing the things at home.

Rosalynn Carter

Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it.

Rosalynn Carter

I was very nervous about giving speeches for a long time.

Rosalynn Carter

One day, I made a remark that I might work with people with mental illness, and somebody in the press heard it, and it was in the paper. And the more I thought about it and found out about it, the more I thought it was just a terrible situation with no attention. And I've been working on it ever since.

Rosalynn Carter

You can have a full life after 50.

Rosalynn Carter

It's been taboo for so long to admit you had a mental health problem.

Rosalynn Carter

We know how to treat depression, we know how to treat mental illness, and we have not had the political will in our country to make it happen.

Rosalynn Carter