No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVERThe 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.
More George Washington Carver Quotes
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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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Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.
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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
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I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn’t interest me one single a bit.
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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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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
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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.
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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.
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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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Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth.
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My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it.
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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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Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.
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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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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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