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John Burroughs Quotes



Quotes by John Burroughs - (7 quotes)

John Burroughs - From the Courage category:

Leap, and the net will appear. (John Burroughs)

John Burroughs - From the Effort category:

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, and self-sacrifice. (John Burroughs)

John Burroughs - From the Failure category:

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

John Burroughs - From the Nature category:

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night: to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring... these are some of the rewards of the simple life. (John Burroughs)

John Burroughs - From the Religion category:

-Naturalist, 1837-1921...
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. (John Burroughs)

John Burroughs - From the Temperament category:

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these. (John Burroughs)

John Burroughs - From the Time category:

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)