George Washington Carver
An American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and developed hundreds of uses for them.
Most quoted
"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 the quality of the life one lives, the character one builds, the principles one adheres to, that determines one's success or failure."
— from Various biographical accounts
"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 the quality of the life one lives, the decency of one's character, and the depth of one's integrity that counts."
— from Letter to a young man
"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 the quality of the life one lives, the character one builds, the conscientiousness of one's work, that counts."
— from Attributed
All quotes by George Washington Carver (294)
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
There is no such thing as a useless plant or a useless person.
I am not a great man, but I am a humble servant of God and humanity.
To be a successful farmer, one must be a good observer.
We must not only be good, but good for something.
There is no such thing as a problem without a solution.
The world is full of wonders, if only we take the time to look.
I have learned that the best way to help others is to teach them to help themselves.
My work is to help the farmer, and through him, the nation.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
I believe in the power of the small things.
The greatest good is to do good to others.
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.
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.
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.
Contemporaries of George Washington Carver
Other Inventions born within 50 years of George Washington Carver (1864–1943).