John Burroughs Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old John Burroughs quotes, John Burroughs sayings, and John Burroughs proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.... In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. John Burroughs
I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture. John Burroughs
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. John Burroughs
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice John Burroughs
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another. John Burroughs
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days. John Burroughs
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things. John Burroughs
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. John Burroughs
That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. John Burroughs
That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. John Burroughs
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. John Burroughs
If you think you can do it, you can. John Burroughs
In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom. John Burroughs
When you bait the hook with your heart, the fish always bite. John Burroughs
The red squirrel is more common and less dignified than the gray, and oftener guilty of petty larceny about the barns and grain-fields. John Burroughs
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention. John Burroughs
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. John Burroughs
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. John Burroughs
The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap. John Burroughs
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. John Burroughs
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. John Burroughs
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. John Burroughs
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. John Burroughs
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. John Burroughs
The floating vapour is just as true an illustration of the law of gravity as the falling avalanche. John Burroughs
One may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth. John Burroughs
England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist, comparatively free from frost in winter and from drought in summer. John Burroughs
England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay. John Burroughs
The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind. John Burroughs
August is the month of the high-sailing hawks. The hen hawk is the most noticeable. He likes the haze and calm of these long, warm days. He is a bird of leisure and seems always at his ease. How beautiful and majestic are his movements! John Burroughs