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)
The sweet potato is a crop that should be grown by every farmer.
The farmer who understands his soil will be a successful farmer.
It is simply the service that one renders to humanity that counts.
I will not let my life be a monument to myself, but a monument to God.
The great Creator has given us a wonderful world, and it is our duty to make the best of it.
The more we learn about nature, the more we learn about God.
The best way to help the poor is to teach them how to help themselves.
The purpose of education is to make a man useful to himself and to his fellow men.
We are to be co-workers with God in the great work of creation.
The future of the South depends upon the proper development of its agricultural resources.
The farmer must be taught to diversify his crops.
The true scientist is a man of faith.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to reveal to them their own.
The Lord has shown me how to take the common things of life and make them uncommon.
There is no such thing as a useless plant.
The value of a man is not in what he has, but in what he is.
The farmer is the backbone of the nation.
The highest form of worship is to serve humanity.
The true scientist is a humble man.
Contemporaries of George Washington Carver
Other Inventions born within 50 years of George Washington Carver (1864–1943).