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
nature honor form
Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms.
successful fields fame
Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . .
education learning race
Education, in the broadest of truest sense, will make an individual seek to help all people, regardless of race, regardless of color, regardless of condition.
secret
Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.
life cutting thorough-understanding
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
discovery sells
God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
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.
cutting short-cuts
There is no short cut to acheivement.
writing glasses effort
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.
prayer blessed able
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.
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.
prayer order giving
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.
teaching people teach
You can't teach people anything. You can only draw out.