Top 41 Quotes by Sargent Shriver

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.

It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything.

I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.