Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.
BENJAMIN CARSONThe culture in which we live stresses looking out for number one. Without adopting such a self-centered value system, we can demand the best of ourselves while we are extending our hands to help others.
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Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance.
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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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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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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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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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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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Because 9/11 is an isolated incident. Things that are isolated issues as opposed to things that fundamentally change the United Sates of America and shift power from the people to the government. That is a huge shift.
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No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.
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I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
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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.
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You have to try, you have to try everything you can.
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Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.
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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
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I don’t think really conservative or liberal; I think what makes sense.
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We’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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Some 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.
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We will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire.
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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.
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No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.
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The brain can process two million bits of information per second. It remembers everything you’ve ever seen, everything you’ve ever heard.
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People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.
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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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An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later.
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Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they’ll beat a path to your door.
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Kids 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.
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Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special.
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