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John Burroughs
American
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About the author
A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
Leap, and the net will appear.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Will
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Universe
#Religion
#Curiosity
#Joy
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
If you think you can do it, you can.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Science
#Old
#Theology
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,
American
Author
#Want
#Day
#Friends
#Books
#Thoughts
Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Life
#Struggle
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Man
#Failure
#Trying
#Blame
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Christianity
#Years
#Science
#Civilization
#Development
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Work
#Heart
#Occupation
#Man
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 gold of real service.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Love
#Work
#Patience
#Self
#Worth
#Gold
#Service
#Promises
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Old
#Light
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Nature
#Order
#Senses
I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Work
#Open
#Happiness
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Man
#Failure
#Blame
The secret of happiness is something to do.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Happiness
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Imagination
#Facts
To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Years
#Old
#Age
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Yesterday
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Will
#Earth
#Man
#Advice
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.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Nature
#Sermons
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Intention
#Deed
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Feeling
#History
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Opportunity
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#State
#Mind
#Heaven
Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Acting
#Truth
#Key
#Voice
Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Men
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Man
#Society
#Travel
One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#May
#Battle
#Philosophy
The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
John Burroughs,
American
Author
#Man
#Spirit