George Washington Carver
George Washington (February 22, 1732 December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775 1783), and later became the first President of the United States, an office to which he was elected twice (1789-1797).
8 Quotes
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
— George Washington Carver
When you can do the common things in life in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
— George Washington Carver
When I was young, I said to God, god, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, god, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that's more nearly your size.
— George Washington Carver
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
— George Washington Carver
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
— George Washington Carver
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 some day in life you will have been all these.
— George Washington Carver
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.
— George Washington Carver
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
— George Washington Carver