All flowers talk to me and so do hundreds of little living things in the woods. I learn what I know by watching and loving everything. George Washington Carver More Quotes by George Washington Carver More Quotes From George Washington Carver There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything. George Washington Carver thorough-understanding cutting life One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living. George Washington Carver assessment motivational long Without my Savior, I am nothing. George Washington Carver savior 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. George Washington Carver giving-up flower love-you 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. George Washington Carver nature book fall Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you. George Washington Carver hate heart science 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. George Washington Carver blessed prayer religion In these strenuous times, we are likely to become morbid and look constantly on the dark side of life, and spend entirely too much time considering and brooding over what we can't do, rather than what we can do, and instead of growing morose and despondent over opportunities either real or imaginary that are shut from us, let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer and upon which there is no color line; simply the survival of the fittest. George Washington Carver real dark success Unkindness to anything means an injustice to that thing. If I am unkind to you I do you an injustice, or wrong you in some way. On the other hand, if I try to assist you in every way that I can to make a better citizen and in every way to do my very best for you, I am kind to you. The above principles apply with equal force to the soil. The farmer whose soil produces less every year, is unkind to it in some way; that is, he is not doing by it what he should; he is robbing it of some substance it must have, and he becomes, therefore, a soil robber rather than a progressive farmer. George Washington Carver mean hands years 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. George Washington Carver nature eye mother I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self. George Washington Carver learning educational discovery There are two ways, one is right; the other is wrong. If your work is only about right, then it is wrong. George Washington Carver ifs two way I went to the trash pile at Tuskegee Institute and started my laboratory with bottles, old fruit jars and any other thing I found I could use. ... [The early efforts were] worked out almost wholly on top of my flat topped writing desk and with teacups, glasses, bottles and reagents I made myself. George Washington Carver glasses writing science 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. George Washington Carver prayer giving order I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn't interest me one single a bit. George Washington Carver interest thank-god humanity We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts. George Washington Carver rainy-day home art Believe. The promise of God are real. They are as real, as solid, yes infinitely more solid than this table which the materialist so thoroughly believes in. If you would only believe, O ye of little faith. George Washington Carver real believe promise 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. George Washington Carver hate real white You can't tear up everything just to get the dollar out of it without suffering as result. It is a travesty to burn our woods and thereby burn up the fertilizer nature has provided for us. We must enrich our soil every year instead of merely depleting it. It is fundamental that nature will drive away those who commit sin against it. George Washington Carver land suffering years Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible. George Washington Carver creativity creative courage