I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
BENJAMIN CARSONRather 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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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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America need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I’ve advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. If you give me a tithe, it doesn’t matter how much you make.
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The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.
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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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Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that’s what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they’re only excuses. You don’t have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.
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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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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.
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We are more than just flesh and bones. There’s a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can’t measure. We can’t find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet it’s there.
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Over the years my mother’s steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare.
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If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?
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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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Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
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I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.
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