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Sargent Shriver Quotes

Sargent Shriver Quotes: A Curated Collection of the Best Inspirational, Motivational, and Thought-Provoking Sayings Written by Sargent Shriver

Sargent Shriver
Total Quotes 48
The Peace Corps Would Give Thousands Of Young Americans A Chance To See At First Hand The Conditions In Remote Areas Of The World.
Peace
Hands
Giving
I Don't Have To Run The Peace Corps. I Could Live Without Seeing My Picture In The Newspapers And Without Being Interviewed.
Running
Peace
Newspapers
I Can Remember At College, Living On 30-cent Meals.
College
Meals
Remember
Do The Job First. Worry About The Clearance Later.
Jobs
Worry
Firsts
One Of The Things Mr. Kennedy Taught Me Was That In Laying Out A New Project, You Shouldn't Try To Cope With Every Little Problem.
Trying
Littles
Taught
A Line Has To Be Drawn Somewhere Between What Is Essential And What Is Peripheral.
Essentials
Lines
My Parents Were Second Cousins. That Is Enough To Explain All Of My Peculiarities.
Cousin
Parent
Enough
The Roots Of Racism Lie Deep In Man's Nature, Wounded And Bruised By Original Sin.
Lying
Men
Roots
The Natural Idealism Of Youth Is An Idealism, Alas, For Which We Do Not Always Provide As Many Outlets As We Should.
Youth
Natural
Should
Joe Kennedy Isn't In The Habit Of Having Incompetents Around. I Wouldn't Have Lasted Three Months If I Didn't Have Some Ability.
Three
Months
Habit
If Education Does Not Create A Need For The Best In Life, Then We Are Stuck In An Undemocratic, Rigid Caste Society.
Education
Caste System
Doe
If A Young Person Has Any Idealism At All, It's Strongest About The Time He Finishes College.
College
Young
Idealism

About Sargent Shriver

  • Born: November 9, 1915
  • Died: January 18, 2011
  • Occupation: American Statesman