What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
BENJAMIN CARSONBecause 9/11 is an isolated incident. Things that are isolated issues as opposed to things that fundamentally change the United Sates of America and shift power from the people to the government. That is a huge shift.
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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.
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People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
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Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.
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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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We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else’s problems.
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We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take their energy because they are – ISIS is the richest terrorist organization there is.
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I’ve had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.
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By thinking big, we can transform our world.
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I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
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I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.
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I always say if God didn’t allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.
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No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.
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A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have to have all that together.
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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.
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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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Middle East has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we’re going to in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish.
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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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What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win… What we’ve got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.
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I know that there are many peaceful Muslims who do not adhere to these beliefs. But until these tenants are fully renounced…I cannot advocate any Muslim candidate for President.
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In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do – and not only for operating, but for everything.
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You have to try, you have to try everything you can.
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When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.
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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.
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There’s a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you go back and you study the design of our country, it was really designed for the citizen statesman.
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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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