Ben Carson Quotes

Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences, however, should be acquired as can profit the peoples of the earth…

The man who seeks to educate himself must first read and then travel in order to correct what he has learned.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action.

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

Always educate yourself.

The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.

Take advantage of educating yourself.

Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.

There is the story in every man's heart of human progress. I believe every one of us knows that his major job on Earth is to make some contributions, no matter how small, to this inexorable movement of human progress.

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.

Changing your perspectives will not only transform you but also the whole world.

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

Man learns from the cradle to the grave.

The very first instrument for the improvement of the condition of men is knowledge.

There is no time to cease learning. Only after you have closed the lid on the coffin does learning cease.

Education made us what we are.

Among the first, perhaps the very first, instrument for the improvement of the condition of men is knowledge, and to the acquisition of much of the knowledge adapted to the wants, the comforts, and enjoyments of human life public institutions and seminaries of learning are essential.

Education is the development of power and ideal.

I want it to be the greatest thing I ever do: make good humans.

You have to find the thing you feel you can contribute to the world.

If we can be the best people we are as individuals, then that's the way to change the world.