Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don’t have to do that.
BENJAMIN CARSONIt doesn’t matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It’s never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.
More Benjamin Carson Quotes
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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.
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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it brings.
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Right now, the United States of America is the patient. And the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness and will not be cured by timidity.
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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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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By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
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I 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.
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Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn’t something most of us can afford to do.
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Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.
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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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Economics is not brain surgery.
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Even if somebody disagrees with you, their life is still valuable.
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And 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?
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Why would I want to run for Congress and continue to get tainted with all the things that people get tainted with as they come along the system.
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