Ben Carson Quotes

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How did we become so intrigued by risk – and so worried about it at the same time?

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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.

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We are capable of doing even better things than we believe we are, if we challenge each other to do it.

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Because they believed in my ability, I was able to believe in it as well.

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The Bible is a seemingly inexhaustible source of practical wisdom that could serve as a valuable resource for everyday living.

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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.

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So I'm going to say my prayers tonight before I go to sleep. I hope you'll do the same. I believe if we do that, we'll all have less to worry about tomorrow.

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Every human being experiences risks; some of the risks are common to all humans, and some are unique to the life each of us has been given to live. But I know for certain that risk – both it's shadow and its reality – has shaped my life inside and out.

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When we have done our best, we also have to learn that we still need to rely on God. Our best – no matter how good – is incomplete if we leave God out of the picture.

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I want people to understand that we, the American people, are not each other's enemies. The real enemies are those people who are trying to divide us into every little possible group.

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Evolutionism is to think that a hurricane blowing through a junkyard could somehow assemble a fully equipped and flight-ready 747.

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I find the big bang, really quite fascinating. I mean, here you have all these highfalutin scientists and they're saying it was this gigantic explosion and everything came into perfect order.

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The wonderful thing about a company like Mannatech is that they recognize that when God made us, He gave us the right fuel. And that fuel was the right kind of healthy food. You know we live in a society that is very sophisticated, and sometimes we're not able to achieve the original diet. And we have to alter our diet to fit our lifestyle. Many of the natural things are not included in our diet. Basically what the company is doing is trying to find a way to restore natural diet as a medicine or as a mechanism for maintaining health.

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We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.

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Why risk? I responded. It should be, why not to risk?

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There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everyone go along to get along. But that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run in terms of solving our problems, and someone has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to the bullies.

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God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.

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My mentors are those individuals who saw potential in me long before I perceived it in myself – or who challenged me to do more – the people who helped guide me toward excellence.

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God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

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Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door.

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Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt—by forgetting.

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You've promised that if we come to You and ask something in faith, that You'll do it.

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Give your best. Settle for nothing less than doing your best for yourself and for others.

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If we know human anatomy and we are reasonably intelligent, he assumes that we can figure out how to do almost anything.

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Not everyone has to be a high-powered neurosurgeon to add significantly to the equation that brings about success here.

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True greatness isn't so much what you do as who you are.

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Not prejudge others – not decide their value before knowing them.

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Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.

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When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, He or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened?

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I realized my obligations to others should be greater than my obligations to myself.

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