Benjamin Carson Quotes - Page 9

So we [Americans] have a history a taking care of each other. Now, for some strange reason starting sort of in the 20's with Woodrow Wilson, the government started getting involved in everything.

If we develop in-depth knowledge, it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.

If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.

If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.

The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.

To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will - we all do... If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. "We can't win," we moan. "They won't let us win."

Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.

You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.

A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.

You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.

But, you know, when I look at somebody like Hillary Clinton, who sits there and tells her daughter and a government official that no, this was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video. Where I came from, they call that a lie.

You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.

You have to try, you have to try everything you can.

You know, I'm a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I've diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.

Why should I give someone else such power over my life?

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.

An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later. When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.

Anyone who can't learn from other people's mistakes simply can't learn, and that;s all there is to it. There is value in the wrong way of doing things. The knowledge gained from errors contributes to our knowledge base.

Do we have a brain? Than use it. It's all you need to overcome a problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.

I first wanted to be a psychiatrist. I decided against that in medical school when I discovered that psychiatrists didn't, in reality, do what they did on TV.

In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter.

A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk.

I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.

One dark night the skeletons that they had carefully hidden in an obscure closet appeared, grabbed them around the throat, and strangled them.

What is important - what I consider success - is that we make a contribution to our world.