Ben Carson Quotes
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Do you have a brain? Then use it. It's all you need to overcome any problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone's health. It's not only a feeling that I'm worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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Thanks, God, for honoring our best by giving us a miracle.
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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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Why should I give someone else such power over my life?
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Faith, by definition, is a risk.
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I've never known a case yet where worry helped.
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It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.
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God don't make no junk.
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We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them.
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Use PMA: Positive Mental Attitude.
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I sensed I was about to take one of the most important risks of my life. But I felt so right that I didn't hesitate.
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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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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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You have to try, you have to do everything you can.
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Someone told me that creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.
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The more we think about risk, the more risk seem to be.
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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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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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When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.
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She was not a person who would allow the system to dictate her life.
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Say your prayers. And I'll say mine. Because I really think it helps.
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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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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.