It 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.
BENJAMIN CARSONTo THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn’t mean we won’t have difficulties along the way. We will – we all do… If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. “We can’t win,” we moan. “They won’t let us win.”
More Benjamin Carson Quotes
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We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else’s problems.
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You have yourself to blame.
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So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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I’m convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
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There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.
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If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that’s an area that’s as big as Lebanon. It’s controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there.
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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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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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Just because somebody happens to disagree with you about something doesn’t mean that they become your mortal enemy and that you should try to destroy them and destroy their life and destroy their family.
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You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
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You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.
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I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
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If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.
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Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.
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