Quotes by : John Burroughs

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.

Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of....

Serene I fold my hands and wait.

Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till....

You can fail many times, but you're not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else.

The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his hammer....

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing....