Went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.
BENJAMIN CARSONYou can read the Constitution all you want, it never says that it is the government’s job and I think where we’ve gotten confused.
More Benjamin Carson Quotes
-
-
When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Even if somebody disagrees with you, their life is still valuable.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
By doing this we give them an opportunity to elevate their personal situations, which eventually decreases our need to take care of them and empowers them to be able to exercise compassion toward others.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
There’s no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there’s no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
By thinking big, we can transform our world.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
We seem to be afraid to give the Kurds weaponry. We like to send it for some strange reason through Baghdad, and then they only get a tenth of it.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Maybe that’s the problem. But whether they’ve heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff,
BENJAMIN CARSON -
If you don’t accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
In our culture, security has become an obsession.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Why I’ve advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
There comes a time when people with values simply have to stand up. Think about Nazi, Germany. Most of those people did not believe in what Hitler was doing.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
I think what’s happening with the veterans is a gift from God to show us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the health care provider.
BENJAMIN CARSON