George Washington Carver Quotes
30 quotes • Botanist • Age 79
"Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these."
"when you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world"
"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."
"Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also – if you love them enough."
"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
"Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied."
"God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His. No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way of doing it are revealed to me. I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed to me the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless."
"Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses."
"There is no short cut to acheivement."
"Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps full the dinner pail is valuable."
"Live at home"