"Maybe that is the best lesson I learned……" — Benjamin Carson
"Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life."
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177 Quotes by Benjamin Carson
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The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of…
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
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It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots…
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There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along,…
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Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're…
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Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have…
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If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal…
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Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility…
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You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going…
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I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in…
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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and…
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There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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