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

Topics: Self Sacrifice Quotes

Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It...

Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It...

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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...

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

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...

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...

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

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...

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...

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...

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 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...

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.