Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 232
“Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”
Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
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