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“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

“Reading activates and exercises the mind.
Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on the page, make them into words, the words into sentences, and the sentences into concepts.
Reading pushes us to use our imagination and makes us more creatively inclined.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

Exercises , Imagination , Reading

“God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

God , Help

“God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 154

God

“If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

God , Help

“It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

World , Learning , Help

“If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.”

Ben Carson

“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.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

Love , God , Help

“I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.”

Ben Carson book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

God , Way , Training

“If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

World , Knowledge

“If we develop in-depth knowledge it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 152
Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Context: THINK BIG means opening our horizons, reaching for new possibilities in our lives, being open to whatever God has in store for us on the road ahead.
T=TALENT : If you recognize your talents, use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, you will rise to the top of your field.
H=HONEST : If we live by the rule of honesty and accept our problems, we can go far down the road of achievement.
I=INSIGHT : If we observe and reflect and commit ourselves to giving our best, we will come out on top.
N=NICE : If we are nice to others, other respond to us in the same way, and we can give our best for each other.
K=KNOWLEDGE : If we make every attempt to increase our knowledge in order to use it for human go, it will make a difference in us and in our world.
B=BOOKS : If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.
I=IN-DEPTH LEARNING : If we develop in-depth knowledge, it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.
G=GOD : If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.

World , Knowledge , Help

“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

“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

“I actually have something I would use the Department of Education to do. It would be to monitor our institutions of higher education for extreme political bias and deny federal funding if it exists.”

Ben Carson

As quoted in "Ben Carson has an odd plan for the Dept of Education" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ben-carson-has-odd-plan-the-dept-education, MSNBC (October 22, 2015)

Education

“Thanks, God, for honoring our best by giving us a miracle.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 147

God

“Do you have a brain? Then use it. It's all you need to overcome any problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 236

Love , Life , Secret , World

“Being nice always comes back to repay us in the long run.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 199

“God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 20

Wisdom , God , Peace

“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

“Every human being experiences risks; some of the risks are common to all humans, and some are unique to the life each of us has been given to live. But I know for certain that risk – both it's shadow and its reality – has shaped my life inside and out.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 68

Life , Reality