Quotes by George Washington Carver

“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.”

“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 ...”

“How do I talk to the flower?Through it I walk to the Infinite.And what is the infinite?It is that silent, small force. It isn't the outer physical contact. No, it isn't that. The infinite is not co...”

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

“90% of all failures in life are those who have the habit of making excuses.”

“How far you go in life depends onyour being tender with the young,compassionate with the aged,sympathetic with the striving andtolerant of the weak and strong.Because someday in your life you will ...”

“When you do the common things in an uncommon way, you'll command the attention of the world.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.”

“From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite studies.”

“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...”

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.”

“No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way are 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 the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”

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

“When I was young I said to God "God tell me the mystery of the universe." But God answered "That knowledge is reserved for me alone." So I said "God tell me the mystery of the peanut." Then G...”

“All my life I have risen regularly at four o'clock and have gone into the woods and talked to God. There He gives me my orders for the day.”

“There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do that I have not been able to accomplish.”

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.”