Ben Carson Quotes
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Why should I give someone else such power over my life?
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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 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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Being nice always comes back to repay us in the long run.
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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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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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Thanks, God, for honoring our best by giving us a miracle.
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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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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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Use PMA: Positive Mental Attitude.
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Faith, by definition, is a risk.
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God don't make no junk.
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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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We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them.
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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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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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She was not a person who would allow the system to dictate her life.
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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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Say your prayers. And I'll say mine. Because I really think it helps.
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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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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.