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
years land suffering
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.
nature honor form
Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms.
life cutting thorough-understanding
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
death snakes progress
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.
work men size
My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it.
achievement shortcuts
There is no shortcut to achievement.
beautiful health mean
The rapid growth of industry, the ever increasing population and the imperative need for more varied, wholesome and nourishing foodstuff makes it all the more necessary to exhaust every means at our command to fill the empty dinner pail, enrich our soils, bring greater wealth and influence to our beautiful South land, which is synonymous to a healthy, happy and contented people.
life flower hypocrite
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.
love giving-up secret
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.
listening enough ifs
If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you.
color survival demand
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.
beautiful mean understanding
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.
enough ifs
If you love something enough, it will reveal itself to you.
common achieving-success competence
Learn to do the common things uncommonly well.