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
use
There is a use for almost everything.
educational understanding
Education is understanding relationships.
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.
love giving-up secret
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.
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.
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.
achievement shortcuts
There is no shortcut to achievement.
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.
art home rainy-day
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.
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.
giving-up flower secret
I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets . . .
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.
god names giving
Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth.
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.