George Washington Carver

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“when you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. ”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“There is no short cut to acheivement.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“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.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“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.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“It is simply service that measures success.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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“Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.”

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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"Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!"

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)

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"There are two ways, one is right; the other is wrong. If your work is only about right, then it is wrong."

― George Washington Carver (1860s-1943)