Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things. Benjamin Carson More Quotes by Benjamin Carson More Quotes From Benjamin Carson In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter. Benjamin Carson rocks kids thinking It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today. Benjamin Carson failure light today Stop thinking of failing. Benjamin Carson failure failing thinking I wish the government would read the Constitution. I think that would probably help quite a bit. And maybe they did read it and maybe they got confused when they read the preamble which says one of the duties is to promote the general welfare. Benjamin Carson confused government thinking 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. Benjamin Carson doe want helping Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility. Benjamin Carson government taken responsibility The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to. Benjamin Carson prayer mind blood Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt - by forgetting. Benjamin Carson handle hurt forget If we don't get the military right nothing else matters. Benjamin Carson military ifs matter In our culture, security has become an obsession. Benjamin Carson security obsession culture I'm convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors. Benjamin Carson harvest fruit labor 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! Benjamin Carson positive-thinking hurt negative I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense. Benjamin Carson make-sense speak Why should we be letting people smoke their cigars in their comfortable chairs in Raqqa? Benjamin Carson cigar chairs people Do we have a brain? Than use it. It's all you need to overcome a problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world. Benjamin Carson love-life powerful simple The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were. And after all of those things converged together, they just went right down the tubes very quickly. Benjamin Carson empires moral together My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart. Benjamin Carson favorite-subject smart mother Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare. Benjamin Carson scare mother years There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society. Benjamin Carson information people way No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD. Benjamin Carson no-matter-what bigs matter
