I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.
BENJAMIN CARSONI think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.
BENJAMIN CARSONEconomics is not brain surgery.
BENJAMIN CARSONI could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
BENJAMIN CARSONA lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight – and when they come out, they’re gay.
BENJAMIN CARSONTo THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn’t mean we won’t have difficulties along the way. We will – we all do… If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. “We can’t win,” we moan. “They won’t let us win.”
BENJAMIN CARSONI have no problem whatsoever with allowing gay people to live as they please, as long as they don’t try to impose their lifestyle on everyone else.
BENJAMIN CARSONJust because somebody happens to disagree with you about something doesn’t mean that they become your mortal enemy and that you should try to destroy them and destroy their life and destroy their family.
BENJAMIN CARSONAmerica 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.
BENJAMIN CARSONAnd if we can’t get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population?
BENJAMIN CARSONDo you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.
BENJAMIN CARSONI am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
BENJAMIN CARSONNo matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.
BENJAMIN CARSONThe 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.
BENJAMIN CARSONWhat is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
BENJAMIN CARSONBeware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with
BENJAMIN CARSONYou 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 CARSON