We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.
BENJAMIN CARSONOur children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
More Benjamin Carson Quotes
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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts.
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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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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.
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Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life.
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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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A good surgeon doesn’t just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you’re doing.
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The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.
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You know, I’m a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I’ve diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.
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We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take their energy because they are – ISIS is the richest terrorist organization there is.
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America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that’s what will get us on the right track now, as well.
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I grew up in the inner city and have spent a lot of time there and have dealt with a lot of patients from that area and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities.
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Having grown up in dire poor, the thing that I hated the most in life was poverty.
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Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.
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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.
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