Benjamin Carson Quotes - Page 6

Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don't have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won't have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.

If we allow ourselves to dwell on negatives, on hurts, on mistreatments, we will be negative thinkers. So be open to positive thinking, THINK BIG!

Reading activates and exercises the mind. Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on the page, make them into words, the words into sentences, and the sentences into concepts. Reading pushes us to use our imagination and makes us more creatively inclined.

By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.

Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a hypocrite.

I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it brings. Just learning how to read music requires metrics, and I think that helps you with mathematics. A lot of scientists and doctors have a musical background - it's very interesting.

People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.

Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore.

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

I have sunshine in my heart regardless of conditions around me.

You are what you think.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.

There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.

There comes a time when people with values simply have to stand up. Think about Nazi, Germany. Most of those people did not believe in what Hitler was doing.

The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to.

Through the use of books I had the whole world at my feet: could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.

God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.

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. Now these are the same scientists that go around touting the second law of thermodynamics, which is entropy, which says that things move toward a state of disorganization.

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

You have yourself to blame.

And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.

Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.

So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.

I have no problem whatsoever with allowing gay people to live as they please, as long as they don't try to impose their lifestyle on everyone else.

A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have to have all that together.