Ben Carson Quotes
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In-depth learning means learning as much about a topic as possible – learning for the sake of knowledge and understanding itself as opposed to learning for the sake of passing a test with high grades or trying to impress people.
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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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I've never known a case yet where worry helped.
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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 more we think about risk, the more risk seem to be.
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Someone told me that creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.
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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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Stop thinking about failing.
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Use PMA: Positive Mental Attitude.
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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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True greatness isn't so much what you do as who you are.
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Faith, by definition, is a risk.
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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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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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We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them.
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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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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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Not everyone has to be a high-powered neurosurgeon to add significantly to the equation that brings about success here.
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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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Be nice to every-body. You meet the same people going up as you meet going down.
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Thanks, God, for honoring our best by giving us a miracle.
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When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.
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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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You have to try, you have to do everything you can.