George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver, was an American botanist and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he was born into slavery in Missouri, either in 1861, or January 1864...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth12 July 1864
CityDiamond, MO
CountryUnited States of America
George Washington Carver quotes about
teaching people teach
You can't teach people anything. You can only draw out.
nature honor form
Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms.
listening enough ifs
If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you.
learning looks environment
Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.
nature teaching able
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.
successful fields fame
Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . .
nature fall believe
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 are God's true storehouse. We can learn to synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow.
measure-of-success
It is simply service that measures success.
discovery self knows
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.
sleep thinking last-words
I think I'll sleep now.
use
There is a use for almost everything.
teacher dark sunrise
Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark hours before sunrise God tells me of the plans I am to fulfill.
discovery sells
God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
secret
Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.