Ben Carson Quotes

At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better.

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I'm going to sort of check myself, because part of me is seen as Eric Camden. We all need as much help as we can get. It's a role model to me as much as to anybody else.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

it is hard for anyone who is dissatisfied not to blame some one else, and especially the person nearest of all to him, for the ground of his dissatisfaction.

Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.

When people disappoint you, it's just as much your responsibility to be aware of it and what you don't want.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

If you're offended, it's your problem.

So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

I want to try to make difficult people somehow relatable.

You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, 'I must have contributed to this.'

If other people have problems with my competitions, then there's nothing I can do.

The first thing I usually do after a fight is apologize to my coaches because I didn't do one damn thing they told me to do.

The one piece of advice I would give to all girlfriends - or guy friends, too, I guess - is that if you're going to have a fight in a Baja Fresh parking lot, make sure one of you has an available pair of sunglasses because whoever is crying is going to want to wear them.

I'm a grown man. I don't point fingers.

I don't like upsetting people.