You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
BENJAMIN CARSONPatients 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.
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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.
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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.
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Politics is corrupting the American judicial system in much the same way the judicial system was corrupted in Nazi Germany.
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Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.
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Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don’t sit around and call each other names. That’s what you can find on a third grade playground.
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We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama’s not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don’t get the military right, nothing else is going to work.
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If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country.
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You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
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If we can redefine marriage as between two men or two women or any other way based on social pressures as opposed to between a man and a woman.
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We’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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I’m convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
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Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
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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.
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God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America.
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Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.
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Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts.
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There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
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Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don’t allow you to advance, then you’re going to be a failure. If you look at them as hurdles that strengthen you each time you go over one, then you’re going to be a success.
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We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.
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We’ll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.
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Under Islamic Law, homosexuals – men and women alike – must be killed. Women must be subservient. And people following other religions must be killed.
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I have this feeling that as time goes on, we’re not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We’re still running around like the days of Genghis Khan.
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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.
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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.
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