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 CARVERThere is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.
More George Washington Carver Quotes
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He who puts a product upon the market as it demands, controls that market, regardless of color. It is simply a survival of the fittest.
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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.
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Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer.
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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
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God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
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You can’t teach people anything. You can only draw out.
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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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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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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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Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
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Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.
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God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His.
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When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
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It is simply service that measures success.
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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
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