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
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
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
The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it. John Burroughs
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. John Burroughs
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. John Burroughs
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. John Burroughs
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
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another. James MacGregor Burns