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A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
John Burroughs
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
Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.
John Burroughs
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
Happiness comes most to persons who seek it 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.
John Burroughs
How beautifully the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days.
John Burroughs
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
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
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
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.
John Burroughs
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
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
John Burroughs
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
John Burroughs
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
John Burroughs
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
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