"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."
Dr. George Washington Carver
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
Booker T. Washington
"I will allow no man to drag me down so low as to make me hate him."
Booker T. Washington
Other Essay Ideas
Read Dr. Carver's favorite poem, "Equipment" by Edgar A. Guest. What does it say about doing the right thing? Can you apply it to your own life?
If you were doing experiments as Dr. Carver today, what would be your subject of study?
What is the difference between Right and Wrong?
Whom do you rely upon to help you determine right from wrong?