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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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work,...

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Leap, and the net will appear.

Leap, and the net will appear.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

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...

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,...

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 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 man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he...

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he...

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last...

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last...