Ben Carson Quotes

I need the Lord's guidance on what to do... I asked God for wisdom.

One of the great truths of life: I did not do it alone. I had help along the way.

This is a book about giving our best and especially about doing whatever we can to help others.

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.”<p>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.<p>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.

We are capable of doing even better things than we believe we are, if we challenge each other to do it.

I always pray before any of the operations.

It's all in God's hands.

Carol James, who is my physician's assistant and my right-hand person, frequently teases me by saying, "It's because women need only half of their brain to think as well as men. That's why you can do this operation on so many women."

I can provide one living example of someone who made it and who came from what we now call a disadvantaged background: me.

I don't believe in one-person productions. Everyone on the team is important and needs to know that he or she is vital.

The kind of job doesn't matter. The length of time on the job doesn't matter... If you work hard and do your best, you'll be recognized and move onward.

Someone told me that creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.

We don't necessarily have to play by the strict rules if we can find a way that works better, as long as it's reasonable and doesn't hurt anybody.

You have to try, you have to do everything you can.

Stop thinking about failing.