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.
BENJAMIN CARSONWhat a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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Maybe that’s the problem. But whether they’ve heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff,
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We’ll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.
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My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
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The culture in which we live stresses looking out for number one. Without adopting such a self-centered value system, we can demand the best of ourselves while we are extending our hands to help others.
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If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.
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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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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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Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.
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Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance.
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No one is ever better off with dictators but there comes a time you know, when you’re on an airplane, they always say, “in case of an emergency oxygen masks will drop down. Put yours on first and then administer help to your neighbor.” We need oxygen right now.
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Just learning how to read music requires metrics, and I think that helps you with mathematics. A lot of scientists and doctors have a musical background – it’s very interesting.
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Some people say you’re weak because, you know, you’re not loud and you’re not boisterous and you’re not rude. But the fact of the matter is, look and see what I’ve done. And that speaks volumes about strength.
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I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it’s followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
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Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they’ll beat a path to your door.
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We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
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I’ve had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.
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Why I’ve advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes.
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If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that’s an area that’s as big as Lebanon. It’s controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there.
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Do we have a brain? Than use it. It’s all you need to overcome a problem. That’s the secret. That’s my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.
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Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.
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I’m convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
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If we allow ourselves to dwell on negatives, on hurts, on mistreatments, we will be negative thinkers. So be open to positive thinking, THINK BIG!
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