All John Burroughs Quotes
- 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… All
- A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. Begins
- 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… Always Work
- I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. Garden
- The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it. Broken
- If you think you can do it, you can. Life
- Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. All
- The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. Better
- How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. Beautiful
- The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. Attitude
- The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Deceptive
- 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… Easier
- A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. Firefighter
- To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday. Inspirational
- I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do,… Chimney
- Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. Christianity
- I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. Attending
- If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. Accept
- Life is a struggle, but not a warfare. Life
- It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. Affirmative
- Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. All
- The secret of happiness is something to do. Happiness
- One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. Battle
- There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad. Advice
- Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. Gathers