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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVERStart where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
More George Washington Carver Quotes
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There is no short cut to acheivement.
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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.
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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.
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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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Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!
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Education is understanding relationships.
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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
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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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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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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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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
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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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Learn to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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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Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
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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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Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
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I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.
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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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Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer.
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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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Believe. The promise of God are real. They are as real, as solid, yes infinitely more solid than this table which the materialist so thoroughly believes in. If you would only believe, O ye of little faith.
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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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There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.
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It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
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Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
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