“When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.”
Źródło: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Ben Carson,, właśc. Benjamin Solomon Carson – amerykański lekarz neurochirurg, filantrop, pisarz i polityk Partii Republikańskiej. Jest pierwszym chirurgiem, który skutecznie rozdzielił bliźnięta syjamskie połączone głowami. Wikipedia
“When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.”
Źródło: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Źródło: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Źródło: Think Big (1996), p. 152
Źródło: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Kontekst: 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.
Źródło: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Źródło: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
“It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.”
Źródło: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
“By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.”
Źródło: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Źródło: One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future
“How did we become so intrigued by risk – and so worried about it at the same time?”
Źródło: Take The Risk (2008), p. 47
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).
"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)
“It is not where we have come from but where we are going that counts!”
Źródło: Think Big (1996), p. 193
Fourth Republican debate https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/10/well-be-annotating-the-gop-debate-here/ (10 November 2015).
"Famed Surgeon Ben Carson on Overcoming Adversity" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4633158, National Public Radio (May 6, 2005)
As quoted in "Evolution? No" http://archives.adventistreview.org/2004-1509/story2.html, The Adventist Review (2004)
“Someone told me that creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.”
Źródło: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 84
“We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them.”
Źródło: Think Big (1996), p. 146
“Because they believed in my ability, I was able to believe in it as well.”
Źródło: Think Big (1996), p. 60
“Be nice to people – all people – even when you don't have to be. Everybody is important.”
Źródło: Think Big (1996), p. 86