Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver More Quotes by George Washington Carver More Quotes From George Washington Carver 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. George Washington Carver inspirational life funny 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. George Washington Carver size destiny god Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied. George Washington Carver where-you-are hard-times satisfied When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver motivational inspirational life 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. George Washington Carver would-be book hands Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. George Washington Carver freedom education teacher Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within. George Washington Carver teaching dream lying No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it. George Washington Carver african-american leaving educational My prayers seem to be more of an attitude than anything else. I indulge in very little lip service, but ask the Great Creator silently, daily, and often many times a day, to permit me to speak to Him through the three great Kingdoms of the world which He has created - the animal, mineral, and vegetable Kingdoms - to understand their relations to each other, and our relations to them and to the Great God who made all of us. I ask Him daily and often momently to give me wisdom, understanding, and bodily strength to do His will; hence I am asking and receiving all the time. George Washington Carver prayer animal attitude 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. George Washington Carver nature god love Where there is no vision, there is no hope. George Washington Carver leadership hope inspirational 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 success. George Washington Carver money helping-others mean Education, in the broadest of truest sense, will make an individual seek to help all people, regardless of race, regardless of color, regardless of condition. George Washington Carver learning race education Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. George Washington Carver hater roots fear As I worked on projects which fulfilled a real human need forces were working through me which amazed me. I would often go to sleep with an apparently insoluble problem. When I woke the answer was there. Why, then, should we who believe in Christ be so surprised at what God can do with a willing man in a laboratory? Some things must be baffling to the critic who has never been born again. George Washington Carver real sleep believe Do what you can, with what you have and do it now! George Washington Carver today-not-tomorrow new-beginnings words-of-wisdom 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. George Washington Carver self knows discovery Learn to do the common things uncommonly well. George Washington Carver achieving-success competence common The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible. George Washington Carver bible-reading simple secret There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything. George Washington Carver thorough-understanding cutting life
