"When you bait the hook with your heart,……" — John Burroughs
"When you bait the hook with your heart, the fish always bite."
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122 Quotes by John Burroughs
John Burroughs has 122 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want…
- A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
- For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no…
- I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
- The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
- If you think you can do it, you can.
- Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.
- The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
- How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
- The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
- The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
- Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out…
More Always Bite Quotes
This quote is filed under Always Bite Quotes, one of 3 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
- An artist should always bite the hand that feeds him - but not too hard. — Nam June Paik
- The snake will always bite back. — Jake Roberts