There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVERIt 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.
More George Washington Carver Quotes
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Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
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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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Young people, I want to beg of you always keep your eyes open to what Mother Nature has to teach you. By so doing you will learn many valuable things every day of your life.
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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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Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.
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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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Education is understanding relationships.
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It is simply service that measures success.
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My purpose alone must be God’s purpose.
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Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
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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.
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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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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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