Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
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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I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn’t interest me one single a bit.
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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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Without my Savior, I am nothing.
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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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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
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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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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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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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I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.
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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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Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.
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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.
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There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.
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Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.
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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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