America's leaders should be examples of integrity and high moral standards. When their behavior evokes shame rather than pride and becomes something that we don't want to discuss in front of the children at the kitchen table, we should consider impeachment.

— Ben Carson

By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.

— Ben Carson

Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts. By doing this we give them an opportunity to elevate their personal situations, which eventually decreases our need to take care of them and empowers them to be able to exercise compassion toward others.

— Ben Carson

Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.

— Ben Carson

Do your best and let God do the rest.

— Ben Carson

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

— Ben Carson

Freedom is not reserved for those unwilling to fight for it.

— Ben Carson

God has given us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Why would God give us such a complex organ system unless he expects us to use it?

— Ben Carson

Great things were going to happen in my life, and I had to do my part by preparing myself and being ready.

— Ben Carson

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

— Ben Carson