Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVERLook about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.
More George Washington Carver Quotes
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The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.
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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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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.
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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
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There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.
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Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.
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There are two ways, one is right; the other is wrong. If your work is only about right, then it is wrong.
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Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.
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Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.
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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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There is no short cut to acheivement.
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My purpose alone must be God’s purpose.
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One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living.
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It is simply service that measures success.
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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.
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