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 CARVERNothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.
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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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God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His.
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There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.
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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
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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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You can’t teach people anything. You can only draw out.
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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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