36 Quotes by Kent Brantly

Too often, we forget to thank the people who are closest to us. They are easy to take for granted, and we can expend all our patience and niceties on strangers and have only leftovers to give our family.

...the promise of God working all things is that whatever we are going through, it is not final and you are not alone.

The miracles of God do not have to be momentary supernatural occurrences. The miracles of God can be seen in details over decades.

When we discriminate against the very people on whom we ought to have compassion, we lose empathy, become callous, and erode our own humanity.

You never know who is walking around with a fever who took some Tylenol to make themselves feel better.

There are a lot of health care providers in this country who have a very deep sense of service and compassion for the suffering of others, who are motivated to go to West Africa despite the risks of infection and death. And doctors and nurses face those risks every day regardless of their setting.

I wasn't afraid of treating Ebola patients in the isolation unit. That was the safest job. But seeing patients in the clinic, seeing patients in the emergency room, being in the community - those things gave me pause.

Changing people's beliefs and altering behaviors is a very difficult challenge in any setting.

I know that some consider it controversial for me to claim that God saved my life when I had received an experimental drug and some of the greatest medical care available in the world. I can see how these two realities appear to contradict each other.