29 Quotations by John Burroughs
- 1. A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
- 2. A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else ...
- 3. A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
- 4. Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and w ...
- 5. Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.
- 6. For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self ...
- 7. For my part, the longer I live the less I feel the need of any sort of theological belief, and the m ...
- 8. Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to ...
- 9. How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
- 10. I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
- 11. I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, ...
- 12. If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the ...
- 13. It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
- 14. Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
- 15. Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark o ...
- 16. One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
- 17. Serene I fold my hands and wait.
- 18. Serene I fold my hands and wait.
- 19. Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.
- 20. Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influen ...
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