"We cannot allow ourselves to be prejudiced against a subject, based upon what someone else has said or just upon the difficulty we encounter in learning."

"In-depth learning means learning as much about a topic as possible – learning for the sake of knowledge and understanding itself as opposed to learning for the sake of passing a test with high grades or trying to impress people."

"The mind, once stretched by an idea, never returns to its original dimension."

"Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door."

"Knowledge make us valuable. When we have knowledge that other people do not readily have, somebody need us. It does not matter what we look like, or where we came from, if we have something that others have a need for."

"You never know how useful even seemingly insignificant knowledge can be."

"Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself."

"Not only we can say that we cannot overload our brain, but we also know that our brain retains everything. The difficulty does not come with the input of information, but in getting it out."

"Being nice always comes back to repay us in the long run."

"God don't make no junk."

"Not prejudge others – not decide their value before knowing them."

"Be nice to every-body. You meet the same people going up as you meet going down."

"It is not where we have come from but where we are going that counts!"

"Although we all make mistakes in life, the problems occur when we try to hide our mistakes, to cover them up rather than to learn from them and allow other people to learn from them."

"I'm convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors."

"What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone's health. It's not only a feeling that I'm worth something, but that I have something to contribute."

"The normal development of people in our society (and probably in any society) can be seen as a series of progressively increasing commitments to conventional norms and institutions."

"Thanks, God, for honoring our best by giving us a miracle."

"When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help."

"When we have done our best, we also have to learn that we still need to rely on God. Our best – no matter how good – is incomplete if we leave God out of the picture."

"We don't have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them."

"Only God knows the beginning and the end."

"Occasionally I talk with people who see doctors as people who do nothing but give of themselves and never receive from anyone else – especially not from their patients. That is totally false. The longer I remain in my profession, the more I realize how much I receive from those who come to me for help."

"Not everyone has to be a high-powered neurosurgeon to add significantly to the equation that brings about success here."

"Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job."

"Give your best. Settle for nothing less than doing your best for yourself and for others."

"Be nice to people – all people – even when you don't have to be. Everybody is important."

"If we know human anatomy and we are reasonably intelligent, he assumes that we can figure out how to do almost anything."

"We have no time for excuses."

"The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care."

"I thank God for all the people whom God sent into my life, the people who gave their best so that I could learn to give my best."

"Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special."

"Because they believed in my ability , I was able to believe in it as well."

"My mentors are those individuals who saw potential in me long before I perceived it in myself – or who challenged me to do more – the people who helped guide me toward excellence."

"God loves us all, and all of us are equal in God's sight."

"Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that's what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they're only excuses. You don't have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail."

"You pray for yourselves and just ask God to guide you and to give you strength."

""You do your best, we do the rest." That fit the way I felt about God. I was going to give God my best and then it was up to God to do the rest."

"Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement."

"I need the Lord's guidance on what to do... I asked God for wisdom."

"One of the great truths of life: I did not do it alone. I had help along the way."

"This is a book about giving our best and especially about doing whatever we can to help others."

"To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will—we all do. How we view those problems determines how we end up. If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. “We can't win,” we moan. “They won't let us win.”However, if we choose to see the obstacles as hurdles, we can leap over them. Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.Whatever direction we choose, if we can realize that every hurdle we jump strengthens and prepares us for the next one, we're already on the way to success."

"We are capable of doing even better things than we believe we are, if we challenge each other to do it."

"I always pray before any of the operations."

"It's all in God's hands."