John Burroughs Quotes

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.

~ John Burroughs

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

~ John Burroughs

The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind.

~ John Burroughs

If you think you can do it, you can.

~ John Burroughs

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

~ John Burroughs

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

~ John Burroughs

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

~ John Burroughs

Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.

~ John Burroughs

Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.

~ John Burroughs

The dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show anger at the door that slammed to and hit him. Probably, if the door held him by his tail or his limb, it would quickly receive the imprint of his teeth.

~ John Burroughs

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.

~ John Burroughs