“I recognized others’ abilities as well. But in any career, whether it’s that of a TV repairman, a musician, a secretary—or a surgeon—an individual must believe in himself and in his abilities. To do his best, one needs a confidence that says, “I can do anything, and if I can’t do it, I know how to get help.”
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Ben Carson
“While wisdom dictates the need for education, education does not necessarily make one wise.”
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Ben Carson
“Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”
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Ben Carson
“The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.”
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Ben Carson
“si Dios no existe, todo nos está permitido».”
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Ben Carson
“If you're good, you'll be recognized. Because people, even if they're prejudiced, are going to want the best. You just have to make being the best your goal in life.”
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Ben Carson
“If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.”
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Ben Carson
“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
“There have been many stories recently about the bullying epidemic that seems to be occurring in our public school system. We should not be terribly surprised by this because children emulate what they see adults doing. One does not have to look at television for very long or listen to the radio for an extended period before one sees supposedly rational and mature adults vehemently attacking one another, calling each other names and acting like third graders.”
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Ben Carson
“If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.”
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Ben Carson
“When the vision of the U.S. government included guarding the rights of people but staying out of their way, America was an economic engine more powerful than anything the world had ever witnessed.”
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Ben Carson
“Breaking cycles of dependency, establishing cordial relationships between people of differing economic means, and reestablishing sound values and principles in our society can serve only to strengthen the fabric of our nation, which is what any government should want to do and which clearly promotes the general welfare.”
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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
“The human brain has billions of neurons and hundreds of billions of interconnections. It can process more than two million bits of information per second and can remember everything you have ever seen or heard.”
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Ben Carson