431 Quotes by Ben Carson

I’d like to be remembered as someone who got others to recognize the potential that was within them.

This power became addicting to many elected officials who, instead of going to Washington, DC, for a brief time to represent their constituency, wanted to hold their positions for extended periods of time – even for life. This growing power and the progressive intrusion of government into the lives of the people was so insidious that it went largely undetected.

We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.

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.

You’re going to be much less likely to point the finger at somebody and create a huge brouhaha when it wasn’t necessary if you had stopped and asked yourself, ‘Could I have done things to prevent this situation?’

Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life. PROVERBS 18:21.

I have to come to realize that God does not want to punish us, but rather, to fulfill our lives. God created us, loves us and wants to help us to realize our potential so that we can be useful to others.

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don’t sit around and call each other names. That’s what you can find on a third grade playground.

There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, There are souls that are pure and true; Then give the world the best you have, And the best will come back to you. Madeline Bridges.