John Burroughs Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject
1	I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.	Books
2	One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.	Courage
3	A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.	Failure
4	It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.	Faith
5	Nature teaches us more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.	Nature
6	Without death and decay, how could life go on?	Necessity
7	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.	Self-Sacrifice
8	Serene, I fold my hands and wait, nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more against time or fate, for lo my own shall come to me.	Waiting
9	Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.	Desperation
10	Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are kept busy and not left to feed upon themselves.	Work

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