Quotes

“If you think you can do it, you can.” John Burroughs

“Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.” John Burroughs

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” John Burroughs

“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” John Burroughs

“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.” John Burroughs

“The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.” John Burroughs

“Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.” John Burroughs

“A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.” John Burroughs

“To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.” John Burroughs

“To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.” John Burroughs

“I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.” John Burroughs

“If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.” John Burroughs

“Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.” John Burroughs

“Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.” John Burroughs

“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.” John Burroughs

“Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.” John Burroughs

“One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.” John Burroughs

“The secret of happiness is something to do.” John Burroughs

“There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.” 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

“I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.” John Burroughs

“Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.” John Burroughs

“Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.” John Burroughs

“A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.” Leo Buscaglia

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia

“Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.” Leo Buscaglia

“Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.” Leo Buscaglia

“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.” Leo Buscaglia

“The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.” Leo Buscaglia

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” Leo Buscaglia