Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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George Washington Carver Quotes Click here for George Washington Carver books George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol "If I know the answer you can have it for the price of a postage stamp. The Lord charges nothing for knowledge and I will charge you the same." "Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater." "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 strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these." "I didn't make these discoveries ... God has only worked through me to reveal to His children some of His wonderful providence." "Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God." "God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His." "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." "I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new... Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless." "Inspiration is never at variance with information; in fact, the more information one has, the greater will be the inspiration." "Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable." "It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success." "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." "Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." "There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation — veneer isn't worth anything." "One reason I never patent my products is that if I did it would take so much time, I would get nothing else done. But mainly I don't want my discoveries to benefit specific favored persons." "Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible." "To receive something a man has never had before he has to do something he has never done before." "When our thoughts — which bring actions — are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be." "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." "Where there is no vision, there is no hope." |
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