65 Ben Carson Quotes That will Push You to Dream Big

1. “You are what you think.” – Ben Carson

2. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angles, but am note nice, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but am not nice, I am nothing. If I give all I posses to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but am not nice, I gain nothing.” – Ben Carson

3. “Unfortunately, many today have come to equate morality with political correctness,” – Ben Carson

4. “When I look at the human brain I’m still in awe of it.” – Ben Carson

5. “If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.” – Ben Carson

6. “We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.” – Ben Carson

7. “I always say if God didn’t allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.” – Ben Carson

8. “We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.” – Ben Carson

9. “It’s very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don’t know what your value system is, then you don’t know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.” – Ben Carson

10. “No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.” – Ben Carson

11. “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

12. “I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.” – Ben Carson

13. “Freedom cannot last long without education, because an uneducated populace is likely to be duped by tyrants. An educated populace cannot be easily manipulated and is the foundation of a strong society.” – Ben Carson

14. “There is no freedom without bravery.” – Ben Carson

15. “Sometimes one has to be humble enough to start at the bottom with a minimum-wage job even if you have a college degree. Once you get your foot in the door, you can prove your worth and rapidly move up the ladder. If you never get in the door, it is unlikely that you will rise to the top.” – Ben Carson

16. “Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.” – Ben Carson

17. “Godliness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. PROVERBS 14:34.” – Ben Carson

18. “The best way to respond to distracting personal attacks is to practice bringing the conversation back to the issue at hand. Never fall into the trap of engaging in personal attacks while letting the topic of conversation slip into the background. Doing so allows your opponent to escape the need to explain her position.” – Ben Carson

19. “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

20. “By thinking big, we can transform our world.” – Ben Carson

21. “Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.” – Ben Carson

22. “I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.” – Ben Carson

23. “When a government turns from following the will of its people to willing its people to follow – acting according to its own prerogatives – it ceases to be a representative government and instead has transformed into something else. One.” – Ben Carson

24. “God has given us more than 14 billion cells and connections in our brain. Why would God give us such a complex organ system unless he expects us to use it?” – Ben Carson

25. “I came away with the idea that respect is really the solution. We need to teach young people to respect authority – particularly, respect the law.” – Ben Carson

26. “My experience has confirmed the wisdom of so much of what the Bible teaches.” – Ben Carson

27. “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson

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

29. “There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.” – Ben Carson

30. “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

31. “Class warfare is an artificial division created for political advantage, and it should be rejected outright” – Ben Carson

32. “These are just things that we don’t know, and that’s where trust and faith come in.” – Ben Carson

33. “It doesn’t matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It’s never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.” – Ben Carson

34. “Before GOD,no god,after him,there will be no GOD.” – Ben Carson

35. “No knowledge is ever wasted.” – Ben Carson

36. “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

37. “Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” – Ben Carson

38. “When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.” – Ben Carson

39. “Everyone in the world is worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.” – Ben Carson

40. “I actually don’t think that I’m that much smarter than anybody else. It’s just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that’s wisdom.” – Ben Carson

41. “We don’t need to set this up as we either take a bunch of refugees who will be infiltrated with terrorists, I guarantee you. For them not to be would be terrorist malpractice. And we need to – to choose the right choice, not these false choices.” – Ben Carson

42. “If we allow ourselves to dwell on negatives, on hurts, on mistreatments, we will be negative thinkers. So be open to positive thinking, THINK BIG!” – Ben Carson

43. “Anyone with a normal brain can do almost anything.” – Ben Carson

44. “This is what we’re going to do. I asked God for wisdom, and this is the answer I got.” – Ben Carson

45. “Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.” – Ben Carson

46. “Say your prayers. And I’ll say mine. Because I really think it helps.” – Ben Carson

47. “Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.” – Ben Carson

48. “Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.” – Ben Carson

49. “It’s not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.” – Ben Carson

50. “If you’re good, you’ll be recognized. Because people, even if they’re prejudiced, are going to want the best. You just have to make being the best your goal in life.” – Ben Carson

51. “You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone’s brain.” – Ben Carson

52. “I am fond of saying that if two people think and say the same thing about everything, then one of them is not necessary.” – Ben Carson

53. “the doors of the world are open to dose who can read.” – Ben Carson

54. “I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another.” – Ben Carson

55. “I had focused on the failure because I had not yet acquired the wisdom necessary to attain a better perspective.” – Ben Carson

56. “I struggled academically throughout elementary school.” – Ben Carson

57. “Do your best and let God do the rest.” – Ben Carson

58. “Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life.” – Ben Carson

59. “If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.” – Ben Carson

60. “If you don’t accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.” – Ben Carson

61. “I don’t worry about things that aren’t important.” – Ben Carson

62. “Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don’t have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won’t have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.” – Ben Carson

63. “Economics is not brain surgery.” – Ben Carson

64. “No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.” – Ben Carson

65. “I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.” – Ben Carson

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