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There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior. (Ben Carson)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If things do go badly, will I wonder for the rest of my life what I might have done to help? View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore. View quote
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If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it. View quote
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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. View quote
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How did we become so intrigued by risk – and so worried about it at the same time? View quote
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It is not a matter of competing with someone else. Essentially, it is accepting our own special abilities as special – and then developing them. (Ben Carson)
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. View quote
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It is not where we have come from but where we are going that counts! View quote
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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. View quote
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By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior. For if there is no such thing as moral authority, you can do anything you want. You make everything relative, and there's no reason for any of our higher values. View quote
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We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them. View quote
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After all my thinking and praying, my decision came down to the fact that I felt obligated to do everything I could to help. View quote
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Because they believed in my ability, I was able to believe in it as well. View quote
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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. View quote
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"You do your best, we do the rest." That fit the way I felt about God. I was going to give God my best and then it was up to God to do the rest. View quote
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If we know human anatomy and we are reasonably intelligent, he assumes that we can figure out how to do almost anything. (Ben Carson)
I find the big bang, really quite fascinating. I mean, here you have all these highfalutin scientists and they're saying it was this gigantic explosion and everything came into perfect order. View quote
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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. View quote
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Only God knows the beginning and the end. View quote
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This is a book about giving our best and especially about doing whatever we can to help others. View quote
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