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

Quote by John Burroughs

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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.

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...

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...

If you think you can do it, you can.

If you think you can do it, you can.

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...

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...

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...

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

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 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 smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

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...

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who...

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who...

Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in

Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do....

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do....