Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark hours before sunrise God tells me of the plans I am to fulfill.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVEREducation is understanding relationships.
More George Washington Carver Quotes
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When our thoughts – which bring actions – are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.
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Education is understanding relationships.
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Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.
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My purpose alone must be God’s purpose.
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There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.
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It is simply service that measures success.
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When I touch that flower, I am not merely touching that flower. I am touching infinity. That little flower existed long before there were human beings on this earth. It will continue to exist for thousands, yes, millions of years to come.
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Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.
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The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out.
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You can’t teach people anything. You can only draw out.
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I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life – but there was no one to tell me.
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Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
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If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you.
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Learn to do the common things uncommonly well.
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