Quotes by John Burroughs

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

— John Burroughs

Love

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

If you think you can do it, you can.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

— John Burroughs

Friendship

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.

— John Burroughs

Happiness

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.

— John Burroughs

Success

Leap, and the net will appear.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

— John Burroughs

Courage

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

The secret of happiness is something to do.

— John Burroughs

Happiness

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

— John Burroughs

Education

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

— John Burroughs

Education

One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

— John Burroughs

Wisdom