431 Quotes by Ben Carson

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

Anyone with a normal brain can do almost anything.

Compromise is most likely when both parties respect each other no matter how much they disagree. In stressful situations where you need a consensus, respect sometimes means saying nothing and refraining from name-calling even when irritated.

These are just things that we don’t know, and that’s where trust and faith come in.

The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.

I don’t worry about things that aren’t important.

Thinking Big means opening our horizons, reaching for new possibilities in our lives, being open to whatever God has in store for us on the road ahead. Thinking Big is another way of restating one of my mother’s favorite sayings: “You can do anything they can do – only you must try to do it better!” That’s Thinking Big.

We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.

I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.