Ben Carson Quotes
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It is not a matter of competing with someone else. Essentially, it is accepting our own special abilities as special – and then developing them.
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It's all in God's hands.
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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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Why should I give someone else such power over my life?
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God don't make no junk.
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I think the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed... I'm telling you there is a reason these dictatorial people take the guns first.
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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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Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone has) and takes advantage of and develops these talents – that person is likely to excel.
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I've never known a case yet where worry helped.
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It wasn't that I had to be first in everything, but I should have been number one.
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I believe God has a specific purpose for me – and for every other person to whom he gives the gift of life.
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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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You have to try, you have to do everything you can.
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Faith, by definition, is a risk.
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The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.
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I actually have something I would use the Department of Education to do. It would be to monitor our institutions of higher education for extreme political bias and deny federal funding if it exists.
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Use PMA: Positive Mental Attitude.
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Not only we can say that we cannot overload our brain, but we also know that our brain retains everything. The difficulty does not come with the input of information, but in getting it out.
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Stop thinking about failing.
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Say your prayers. And I'll say mine. Because I really think it helps.
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Be nice to every-body. You meet the same people going up as you meet going down.
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We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them.
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By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior. For if there is no such thing as moral authority, you can do anything you want. You make everything relative, and there’s no reason for any of our higher values.
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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.