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John Burroughs Quotes

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  1. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
  2. One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: "˜To rise above little things'.
  3. 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.
  4. The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
  5. 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.
  6. I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
  7. A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
  8. How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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