Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can’t talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.
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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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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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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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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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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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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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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I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
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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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Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are – they don’t get to change the definition.
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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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A good surgeon doesn’t just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you’re doing.
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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 think what’s happening with the veterans is a gift from God to show us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the health care provider.
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Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything.
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If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.
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