John Burroughs Inspirational Quotations

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

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

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.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

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.

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

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.