“go on hating myself forever for all the terrible things I’d done. I sank down on the toilet, sharp mental pictures of other temper fits filling my mind. I saw my anger, clenched my fists against my rage. I wouldn’t be any good for anything if I couldn’t change. My poor mother, I thought. She believes in me. Not even she knows how bad I am. Misery engulfed me in darkness. “If you don’t do this for me, God, I’ve got no place else to go.” At one point I’d slipped out of the bathroom long enough to grab a Bible. Now I opened it and began”
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
“of Jesus Christ and my relationship to Him and remember that the One who created the universe can do anything. I also have evidence—my own experience—that God can do anything, because He changed me. From age 14, I began to focus on the future. My mother’s lessons—and those of several of my teachers—were at last paying off.”
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
“The babies had been successfully anesthetized after only a few hours, a complex procedure because of their shared blood vessels.”
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
“There isn’t anybody in the world who isn’t worth something,” I say. “If you’re nice to them, they’ll be nice to you. The same people you meet on the way up are the same kind of people you meet on the way down. Besides that, every person you meet is one of God’s children.”
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
“Influence could get me inside the door, but my productivity and the quality of my work were the real tests.”
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
― Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
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