John Burroughs Quotes
Most popular John Burroughs Quotes
Rise above little things.
Nature teaches more than she preaches.
The secret of happiness is something to do.
Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it.
A man's life may stagnate as literally as water may stagnate.
I rave no more against time or fate. For, lo! Mine own shall come to me.
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make my own honey.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love and self-sacrifice.
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.
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.
Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.
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.
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 goal of real service.
Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about her. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.
