Benjamin Carson

Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician

Benjamin Carson is a renowned neurosurgeon and author known for his groundbreaking work in pediatric neurosurgery and his inspirational life story.

Born
September 18, 1951
Quotes
349
Rank
#1400

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

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

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"If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, 'Oh, well that must be true.'"

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"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."

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"This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire."

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"Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about."

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

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

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"I always pray before any of the operation. I think God help me know what to do."

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"Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt - by forgetting."

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

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"Say your prayers. And I'll say mine. Because I really think it helps."

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"Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility."

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"There's absolutely no reason at all that physicians, scientists, shouldn't be involved in things that affect all of us."

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"I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom."

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"I believe that things are always going to work out, even if in the beginning it doesn't look like they are working out. I know in the long run they are going to work out, and it's going to be fine."

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"Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices."

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"My strong belief is that God created human beings and therefore he knows about every aspect of the human body. So if I want to fix it, I just need to stay in harmony with Him."

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