Quotes from Ben Carson

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.

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.

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.

We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.

God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.

If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.

Anyone who can't learn from other people's mistakes simply can't learn, and that;s all there is to it. There is value in the wrong way of doing things. The knowledge gained from errors contributes to our knowledge base.

If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country.

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.

The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.

I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.

I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.

People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.

If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.

When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.

When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it.

I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.

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.

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.

You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.

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?

Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.

An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later. When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.

If we develop in-depth knowledge it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.