Ben Carson: Doing

Ben Carson is 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

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“You have to try, you have to do everything you can.”

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 76

“You've promised that if we come to You and ask something in faith, that You'll do it.”

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 58

“Once in a while, when it comes to taking risks, youthful naivete pays better dividends than do knowledge and experience.”

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 86

“So I'm going to say my prayers tonight before I go to sleep. I hope you'll do the same. I believe if we do that, we'll all have less to worry about tomorrow.”

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 18

“Knowledge make us valuable. When we have knowledge that other people do not readily have, somebody need us. It does not matter what we look like, or where we came from, if we have something that others have a need for.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 212

“Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.”

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 58

“I would like people to recognize in looking at my story that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It's not the environment, it's not the other people who were there trying to help you or trying to stop you. It's what you decide to do and how much effort you put behind it.”

"Interview: Dr. Benjamin Carson Talks Race, Politics and Life After Medicine" http://www.christianpost.com/news/interview-dr-benjamin-carson-talks-race-politics-and-life-after-medicine-91474/, The Christian Post (March 8, 2013)

“Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 61

“We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.”

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 63

“I'm probably never going to be politically correct because I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician. Because politicians do what is politically expedient — I want to do what's right.”

"Ben Carson announces, brings his celebrity to 2016 race" http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/04/politics/ben-carson-2016-presidential-announcement/, CNN (May 4, 2015)

“Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.”

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 63

“Give your best. Settle for nothing less than doing your best for yourself and for others.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 87

“I need the Lord's guidance on what to do… I asked God for wisdom.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 16

“Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that's what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they're only excuses. You don't have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 50

“Whenever I face a hard decision or a risky situation in life (personally or professionally), all my thinking, all my analysis, all my planning can be boiled down to four simple questions:
1. What is the best thing that can happen if I do this?
2. What is the worst thing that can happen if I do this?
3. What is the best thing that can happen if I don't do it?
4. What is the worst thing that can happen if I don't do it?”

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

“Creativity requires risk. So do exploration and innovation. Anyone who thinks outside of the box is taking a risk. Leadership brings many risk. Courage is exercised in the face of risk. Invest involve risk. Decision-making always mean a certain degree of risk.”

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 161

“Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 90

“Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone has) and takes advantage of and develops these talents – that person is likely to excel.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 160

“We do not have to compare our achievements with those of others. We need only to ask ourselves one question: Have I given my best?”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 265

“One of the great truths of life: I did not do it alone. I had help along the way.”

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 10