John Burroughs

"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."

Top John Burroughs Quotes

"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."

"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."

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."

"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."

"Leap, and the net will appear."

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