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

- John Burroughs

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends…

- John Burroughs

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.

- John Burroughs

We are made strong by what we overcome.

- John Burroughs

Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The g…

- John Burroughs

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

- John Burroughs

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.

- John Burroughs

I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its fr…

- John Burroughs

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

- John Burroughs