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born 1951 United States

Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, author, and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. He was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries.

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Also known as: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Give one's best, THINK BIG

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146 quotes

God loves us all, and all of us are equal in God's sight.

Think Big (1996)

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.

Take The Risk (2008)

I now had enough faith not only to believe there were answer, but to feel certain that those answers would become apparent at some point in the future.

Take The Risk (2008)

Give your best. Settle for nothing less than doing your best for yourself and for others.

Think Big (1996)

Be nice to people – all people – even when you don't have to be. Everybody is important.

Think Big (1996)

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

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990)

We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990)

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

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990)

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

Think Big (1996)

I realized my obligations to others should be greater than my obligations to myself.

Take The Risk (2008)

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

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990)

It is not where we have come from but where we are going that counts!

Think Big (1996)

God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.

Take The Risk (2008)

Risk played a really important role in making me the person I am.

Take The Risk (2008)

Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt—by forgetting.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990)

I'm convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.

Think Big (1996)

We are still able to grow as long as we are alive.

Think Big (1996)

One of the great truths of life is that you can't do all alone. You need help along the way.

How did we become so intrigued by risk – and so worried about it at the same time?

Take The Risk (2008)

I thank God for all the people whom God sent into my life, the people who gave their best so that I could learn to give my best.

Think Big (1996)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ben Carson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.