John Burroughs

If you think you can do it, you can…

A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to…

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where…

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than…

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention…

To me – old age is always ten years older than I am…

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier…

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another…

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can…

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put…

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you…

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion…

For anything worth having one must pay the price and the price is always work…

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little…

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending…