Ben Carson: Quotes about people

Ben Carson is 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“When I treat other people with kindness and love, it is part of my way of paying my debt to God and the world for the privilege of living on this planet.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

Love , God , People , World

“Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 216
Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

People , Knowledge

“To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will—we all do. How we view those problems determines how we end up. If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. “We can't win,” we moan. “They won't let us win.”However, if we choose to see the obstacles as hurdles, we can leap over them. Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.Whatever direction we choose, if we can realize that every hurdle we jump strengthens and prepares us for the next one, we're already on the way to success.”

Ben Carson book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 232

People , Way , Problem , Thinking

“In-depth learning means learning as much about a topic as possible – learning for the sake of knowledge and understanding itself as opposed to learning for the sake of passing a test with high grades or trying to impress people.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 233

People , Understanding , Knowledge , Learning

“Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”

Ben Carson book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

People , Problem , Success

“Anyone who can't learn from other people's mistakes simply can't learn, and that; s all there is to it. There is value in the wrong way of doing things. The knowledge gained from errors contributes to our knowledge base.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

People , Way , Error , Knowledge

“People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

People , Problem

“I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?”

Ben Carson book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Life , People

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Absolutely. Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight -- and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.”

Ben Carson

On whether homosexuality is a choice, as quoted in "Ben Carson apologizes for comments on gay people" http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/04/politics/ben-carson-prisons-gay-choice/, CNN, (March 5, 2015)

People , Question

“Occasionally I talk with people who see doctors as people who do nothing but give of themselves and never receive from anyone else – especially not from their patients. That is totally false. The longer I remain in my profession, the more I realize how much I receive from those who come to me for help.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 113

People , Help , Falseness

“There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everyone go along to get along. But that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run in terms of solving our problems, and someone has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to the bullies.”

Ben Carson

As quoted in "Dr. Ben Carson: ‘Someone Has to Be Courageous Enough to Actually Stand Up to The Bullies’" http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/340467/dr-ben-carson-someone-has-be-courageous-enough-actually-stand-bullies-nathaniel, National Review (February 12, 2013)

People , Courage , Problem , Silence

“So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.”

Ben Carson

"Conversation with Dr. Ben Carson: The Big Picture" http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science-july-dec99-carson_09-07/, PBS NewsHour (September 7, 1999)

People

“I want people to see me as an honest person, a person who is actually willing to express what they believe. The way I look at it, if people don't like that, I'd rather not be in office. I don't want to be in office under false pretenses, just saying things people want to hear so I can get elected.”

Ben Carson

As quoted in "Carson: I won't tell lies to get elected" http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/256687-carson-i-wont-be-silenced (2015), by Jonathan Easley, The Hill (October 12, 2015).

People , Way , Personality , Falseness

“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.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 212

People , Knowledge