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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If you think you can do it, you can.

If you think you can do it, you can.

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...

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...

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

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

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

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you...

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you...

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

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

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

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never...

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never...

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought...

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought...

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always...

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always...

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put...

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put...

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...

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 spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

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

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

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.

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

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