George Washington Carver Quotes

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 . . .

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

It is simply service that measures success.

Live at home

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

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.

NOTE-Always remove the brown hull from the peanuts even though the recipe does not say so.

There is no short cut to acheivement.

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.

Neither look up to the rich nor down on the poor.

When you do common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size.' And he told me.

Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.