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Benjamin Carson

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Gifts Goal Happen Keys Leadership Thinking
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.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Containing Failure Looks Obstacle Softball
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.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Ask Giving Play Risk Wisdom
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It’s a cesspool. And I don’t think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don’t believe in political correctness and I certainly don’t believe in dishonesty.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Believe Political Thinking
Do your best and let God do the rest.
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Best Done God Rest
I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Agreement Students Stupid
There’s a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you go back and you study the design of our country, it was really designed for the citizen statesman.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Class Country Design
The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.
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Able Brain Important Rapidly
We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Life Neurosurgeons Way
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.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Fields Rise Talent Top Use
We’ve gotten into this – this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Believe Stupid War
It’s a very wise thing for people to rationally sit down and look at what the risks are not only on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, on a monthly basis, on a yearly basis, on a lifetime basis, and then plan one’s life accordingly.
BENJAMIN CARSON

People Risk Wise
I actually don’t think that I’m that much smarter than anybody else. It’s just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that’s wisdom.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Knowing Smarter Thinking
I’m convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Fruit Harvest Labor
We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Believe Needs Speak
I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Make Sense Speak Truth

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