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 The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out. George Washington Carver snakes progress death Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms. George Washington Carver form nature honor Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them. George Washington Carver environment learning looks More and more as we come closer and closer in touch with nature and its teachings are we able to see the Divine and are therefore fitted to interpret correctly the various languages spoken by all forms of nature about us. George Washington Carver divinity nature teaching I think I'll sleep now. George Washington Carver last-words sleep thinking He who puts a product upon the market as it demands, controls that market, regardless of color. It is simply a survival of the fittest. George Washington Carver demand survival color Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . . George Washington Carver fields fame success Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. At no other time have I so sharp an understanding of what God means to do with me as in these hours of dawn. George Washington Carver understanding beautiful mean There is no shortcut to achievement. George Washington Carver shortcuts persistence achievement If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you. George Washington Carver ifs enough listening Education is understanding relationships. George Washington Carver intelligence educational understanding There is a use for almost everything. George Washington Carver use The centre of his world was the south where he was born in slavery some 79 years ago and where he did his work as a creative scientist. George Washington Carver creativity creative years Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. George Washington Carver giving-up secret love If you love something enough, it will reveal itself to you. George Washington Carver ifs enough I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God's true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow. George Washington Carver How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. 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 the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver I hold before you my hand with each finger standing erect and alone, and as long as they are held thus, not one of the tasks that the hand may preform can be accomplished. I cannot lift. I cannot grasp. I cannot hold. I cannot even make an intelligible sign until my fingers organize and work together. In this we should also learn a lesson. George Washington Carver When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver