Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.
BENJAMIN CARSONUnless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.
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Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.
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By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
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If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.
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Went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.
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Education does not necessarily make one wise?
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I started reading about people of great accomplishment … and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.
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You can read the Constitution all you want, it never says that it is the government’s job and I think where we’ve gotten confused.
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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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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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Say your prayers. And I’ll say mine. Because I really think it helps.
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Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God’s sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.
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We recognize that North Korea is in severe financial straits, and they have decided to use their resources to build their military, rather than to feed their people and to take care of the various humanitarian responsibilities that they have.
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Do 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.
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You have yourself to blame.
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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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