39 Inspirational Ben Carson Quotes (SUCCESS)

Top 10 Most Famous Ben Carson Quotes (BEST)

“You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.”
Ben Carson

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. — Through **hard work**, **perseverance** and a **faith** in God, you can live your **dreams**.

Everyone in the world is worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity. — Everyone in the world is worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves **respect** and **dignity**.

Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give. — **Happiness** doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.

When I treat other people with kindness and love, it is part of my way of paying my debt to God and the world for the privilege of living on this planet. — When I treat other people with **kindness** and **love**, it is part of my way of paying my **debt** to God and the world for the privilege of living on this planet.

“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.”
Ben Carson

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward. — **Successful** people don’t have fewer problems. They have **determined** that nothing will stop them from going forward.

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third-grade playground. — Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don’t sit around and call each other names. That’s what you can find on a third-grade playground.

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. — 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.

6 Inspirational Ben Carson Quotes About Life

“There’s no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there’s no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.”
Ben Carson

I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what's right. — I’m not a politician. I don’t want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what’s right.

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

Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it. — **Marriage** is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.

If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it. — If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to **believe** it, no matter how you try to resist it.

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

7 Ben Carson Quotes on God

“I always pray for God’s guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.”
Ben Carson

If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.

Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world. — Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of **talent** we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.

“My strong belief is that God created human beings and therefore he knows about every aspect of the human body. So if I want to fix it, I just need to stay in harmony with Him.”
Ben Carson

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

You can understand why I'm a believer. I have seen miracles. — You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen **miracles**.

“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.”
Ben Carson

5 WiseBen Carson Quotes that Will Make You Think (WISDOM)

“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.”
Ben Carson

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best. — No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into **motivation** to do my best.

“It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.”
Ben Carson

One of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. — One of the keys to **leadership** is recognizing that everybody has **gifts** and **talents**. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith. — Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

7 Ben Carson Quotes on Knowledge and Reading

“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.”
Ben Carson

Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore. — Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.

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

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

“I started reading about people of great accomplishment… and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.”
Ben Carson

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

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

4 Ben Carson Quotes on United States of America

“Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn’t let them do it.”
Ben Carson

We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society. — We should be concerned not only about the **health** of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society.

“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.”
Ben Carson

“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.”
Ben Carson