The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great…

Quote by John Burroughs

Topics: Opportunity Quotes

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,...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.

Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...