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Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough.: George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)
Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.: George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)
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 the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these.: George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)
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 (1864 - 1943)
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.: George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)

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I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God’s true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow.: George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)
I hold before you my hand with each finger standing erect and alone, and as long as they are held thus, not one of the tasks that the hand may preform can be accomplished. I cannot lift. I cannot grasp. I cannot hold. I cannot even make an intelligible sign until my fingers organize and work together. In this we should also learn a lesson.: George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)

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