“How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong, because someday in life you would have been all of these.”
– George Washington Carver
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Joanne Corey 
Very true. Thanks for this great quote, Joanne. 🙂
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You’re welcome. It’s so nice to be able to share quotes with others.
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Love this, we do need to remember that we all tend to experience similar phases in life…so true.
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And we are fortunate if we actually do get to join “the aged” at some point. I’ve lost too many people too young.
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There is so much truth in that. We must be careful in how we treat others, for at some point we may receive that same treatment; whether good or bad.
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Carver led such an interesting life. I appreciate his wisdom.
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