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“Disagreement is part of being a person who has choices. One of those choices is to respect others and engage in intelligent conversation about differences of opinion without becoming enemies, eventually allowing us to move forward to compromise.”

Ben Carson

Source: One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future

Intelligence , Parting , Personality

“How did we become so intrigued by risk – and so worried about it at the same time?”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 47

Time

“It is not a matter of competing with someone else. Essentially, it is accepting our own special abilities as special – and then developing them.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 159

“Of course black lives matter. But instead of people pointing fingers at each other and just creating strife, what we need to be talking about is: How do we solve problems in the black community? … Whether I get the votes or not, I want people to start listening to what I am saying and understanding that … there is a way to go that will lead to upward mobility as opposed to dependency.”

Ben Carson

Speech in Harlem https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-should-follow-ben-carsons-lead-on-black-lives-matter/2015/08/17/cd242572-44d7-11e5-8e7d-9c033e6745d8_story.html (August 2015).

People , Way , Communication , Understanding

“Responsible human beings must be concerned about our surroundings and what we will pass on to future generations. However, to use climate change as an excuse not to develop our God-given resources makes little sense.”

Ben Carson

"CARSON: Expanding our energy resources serves peace" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/25/carson-energys-role-in-the-path-to-peace/, The Washington Times (March 25, 2014)

God , Sense , Change , Future

“It is not where we have come from but where we are going that counts!”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 193

“We need to be thinking about: How do we allow people to ascend the ladder of opportunity, rather than how do we give them everything and keep them dependent.”

Ben Carson

Fourth Republican debate https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/10/well-be-annotating-the-gop-debate-here/ (10 November 2015).

People , Thinking , Dependency

“There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning.”

Ben Carson

"Famed Surgeon Ben Carson on Overcoming Adversity" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4633158, National Public Radio (May 6, 2005)

Life , Thinking , Passion , Happiness

“By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior. For if there is no such thing as moral authority, you can do anything you want. You make everything relative, and there’s no reason for any of our higher values.”

Ben Carson

As quoted in "Evolution? No" http://archives.adventistreview.org/2004-1509/story2.html, The Adventist Review (2004)

Behavior

“Someone told me that creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.”

Ben Carson

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 84

Learning

“We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 146

“In our culture, security has become an obsession.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 7

“After all my thinking and praying, my decision came down to the fact that I felt obligated to do everything I could to help.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 21

Thinking , Decision , Help

“Because they believed in my ability, I was able to believe in it as well.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 60

“Be nice to people – all people – even when you don't have to be. Everybody is important.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 86

People

“It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 36

Way , Failure , Light

“My mentors are those individuals who saw potential in me long before I perceived it in myself – or who challenged me to do more – the people who helped guide me toward excellence.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 57

People , Help

“I sensed I was about to take one of the most important risks of my life. But I felt so right that I didn't hesitate.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 92

Life , Sense

“"You do your best, we do the rest." That fit the way I felt about God. I was going to give God my best and then it was up to God to do the rest.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 46

God , Way

“If we know human anatomy and we are reasonably intelligent, he assumes that we can figure out how to do almost anything.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 84

Intelligence