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.
George Washington CarverRead
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
Interpretation
True achievement requires hard work and preparation; superficial efforts are meaningless.
George Washington Carver emphasizes the importance of diligent preparation in achieving success. He suggests that there are no easy paths to significant accomplishments and that any attempt to take shortcuts or rely on superficial layers of effort will ultimately prove futile. Instead, genuine success comes from thorough groundwork and dedication in pursuit of one's goals.
In practice
In a motivational speech to students preparing for their exams.
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.
We have become 99 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.
I would never allow anyone to give me money, no difference how badly I needed it. I wanted literally to earn my living.
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His. No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way of doing it are revealed to me. I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed to me the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless.
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
I don't want to end my career and then start something. I like to do something while my career is still hot and I've always enjoyed designing.
The key to success is emotional stability.
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
I paid my dues; I certainly did.
The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.
My very first publication was an estimator - this was a statistical procedure - a kind of invention. My father got a patent and started a business; it wasn't successful, but maybe I have some of him in me.
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