I don’t know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they’ll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.
BENJAMIN CARSONSurrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn’t something most of us can afford to do.
More Benjamin Carson Quotes
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The more I learn about the human body, our environment, and the universe, the more it increases my faith.
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People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
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Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with
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Under Islamic Law, homosexuals – men and women alike – must be killed. Women must be subservient. And people following other religions must be killed.
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Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
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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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We need to be doing lots of other things with the resources that we have. So economic power works just as well as military power, perhaps even better. And speaking of that, our Military needs to be upgraded.
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God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?
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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
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If 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.
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There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
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There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren’t getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
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If you don’t accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.
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And 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.
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