The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
BENJAMIN CARSONThe outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
BENJAMIN CARSONKids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you’re saying when you’re being a hypocrite.
BENJAMIN CARSONI’m a good neurosugeon. That’s not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.
BENJAMIN CARSONAnd I’ve always said, ‘If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn’t necessary.’ We need to be able to understand that if we’re going to make real progress.
BENJAMIN CARSONSome 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.
BENJAMIN CARSONHaving grown up in dire poor, the thing that I hated the most in life was poverty.
BENJAMIN CARSONEconomics is not brain surgery.
BENJAMIN CARSONJust 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.
BENJAMIN CARSONWhen we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.
BENJAMIN CARSONThe Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were. And after all of those things converged together, they just went right down the tubes very quickly.
BENJAMIN CARSONWhen I treat other people with kindness and love, it is part of my way of paying my debt to God and the world for the privilege of living on this planet.
BENJAMIN CARSONIf we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.
BENJAMIN CARSONIt does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.
BENJAMIN CARSONBullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance.
BENJAMIN CARSONThese are just things that we don’t know, and that’s where trust and faith come in.
BENJAMIN CARSONKnowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
BENJAMIN CARSON