George Washington Carver

I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life – but there was no one to tell me.

George Washington Carver

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

George Washington Carver

My purpose alone must be God’s purpose.

George Washington Carver

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.

George Washington Carver

Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.

George Washington Carver

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.

George Washington Carver

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

George Washington Carver

One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living.

George Washington Carver

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.

George Washington Carver

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

George Washington Carver