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.

Quote by John Burroughs

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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than...

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than...

If you think you can do it, you can.

If you think you can do it, you can.

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier...

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier...

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain...

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain...

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands...

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands...

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that...

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can...

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,...

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,...

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the...

The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the...

Of winters lifeless world each tree. Now seems a perfect part; Yet each one holds...

Of winters lifeless world each tree. Now seems a perfect part; Yet each one holds...

You are warmer then the summer time, so I hold you threw the winter time...

You are warmer then the summer time, so I hold you threw the winter time...