“This is what we’re going to do. I asked God for wisdom, and this is the answer I got.”
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Ben Carson
“I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills. ”
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Ben Carson
“The babies had been successfully anesthetized after only a few hours, a complex procedure because of their shared blood vessels.”
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Ben Carson
“Although it sounds magnanimous to say the rich should bear virtually all of the tax burden and the poor should not have their lives complicated by paying any taxes, this is actually quite demeaning to the poor and is basically saying to them, “You poor little thing, don’t you worry because I will take care of you since you can’t take care of yourself.” Robbing people of dignity by making them feel like freeloaders is not compassionate, but it can be quite effective in assuaging the guilt of some of the economically well-off individuals in our society.”
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Ben Carson
“One way to develop courage is to consider what will happen if we fail to act.”
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Ben Carson
“The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man; nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out. After an era of darkness, new races build others; but in the world of books are volumes that live on still as young and fresh as the day they were written, still telling men’s hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead. — Clarence Day”
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Ben Carson
“People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.”
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Ben Carson
“The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.”
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Ben Carson
“Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.”
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Ben Carson
“If we develop in-depth knowledge it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.”
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Ben Carson
“It’s not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.”
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Ben Carson
“When I was young, I thought classical music was only the background noise for cartoons.”
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Ben Carson
“I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?”
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Ben Carson
“Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.”
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Ben Carson
