Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
George Washington Carver on learning
George Washington Carver51 quotes“Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.”
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To those who have as yet not learned the secret of true happiness, which is the joy of coming into the closest relationship with the Maker and Preserver of all things: begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver Young people, I want to beg of you always keep your eyes open to what Mother Nature has to teach you. By so doing you will learn many valuable things every day of your life.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver My purpose alone must be God’s purpose.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver You can’t teach people anything. You can only draw out.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created. I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for one’s self.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver 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.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver 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.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver 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 CarverGeorge Washington Carver God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.
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