Ben Carson Quotes

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

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.

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

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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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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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The reason that [political correctness] is very troubling to me is that it's the very same thing that happened to the Roman Empire. They were extremely powerful. There was no way anybody could overcome them. But these philosophers, with the long flowing white robes and the long white beards, they could wax eloquently on every subject, but nothing was right and nothing was wrong. They soon completely lost sight of who they were.

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That learning process has been likened to the challenge of having someone open a fire hydrant and expect you to swallow it all.

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The kind of job doesn't matter. The length of time on the job doesn't matter... If you work hard and do your best, you'll be recognized and move onward.

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If we set our priority the removal of all risk, we'll soon have sterile, stagnant, and unstimulating learning environments.

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We'll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.

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Of course black lives matter. But instead of people pointing fingers at each other and just creating strife, what we need to be talking about is: How do we solve problems in the black community?... Whether I get the votes or not, I want people to start listening to what I am saying and understanding that... there is a way to go that will lead to upward mobility as opposed to dependency.

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I thank God for all the people whom God sent into my life, the people who gave their best so that I could learn to give my best.

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If someone in going to die anyway without an operation, then you have nothing to lose by trying.

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The PC police are out in force at all times.... We've reached the point where people are afraid to actually talk about what they want to say.

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Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special.

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We are still able to grow as long as we are alive.

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One of the great truths of life: I did not do it alone. I had help along the way.

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You can sense their anger before they even say a word.

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There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning.

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I was confident that something good would come out of yet another difficult and disappointing case.

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