To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday. John Burroughs More Quotes by John Burroughs More Quotes From John Burroughs The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. John Burroughs wisdom positive inspirational I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. John Burroughs music health nature A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. John Burroughs running positive inspirational One of the hardest lessons we have to learn in this life, and one that many persons never learn, is to see the divine, the celestial, the pure, in the common, the near at hand-to see that heaven lies about us here in this world. John Burroughs nature life lying I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings. John Burroughs nature rain life Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Don't despise your own place and hour. Every place is the center of the world. John Burroughs nature opportunity thinking How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. John Burroughs nature beautiful beauty 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 birthday inspirational life 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 gratitude morning inspirational Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it. John Burroughs sacred doe life The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon John Burroughs nature mind world I go to books and to nature as a bee goes to the flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey. John Burroughs flower honey book I want nothing less than a faith founded upon a rock, faith in the constitution of things. The various man-made creeds are fictitious, like the constellations Orion, Cassiopeia’s Chair, the Big Dipper; the only thing real in them is the stars, and the only thing real in the creeds is the soul’s aspiration toward the Infinite. John Burroughs stars real men We are made strong by what we overcome. John Burroughs strong overcoming made It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. John Burroughs fire air winter Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live. John Burroughs live-life love-is life A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. John Burroughs firefighter inspiration wanted In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. John Burroughs stars moon winter 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 motivational love life Oh, Spring is surely coming, Her couriers fill the air; Each morn are new arrivals, Each night her ways prepare; I scent her fragrant garments, Her foot is on the stair. John Burroughs air spring night
