“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.”
""Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.""
- John Burroughs
Motivation
"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"
- John Burroughs
Creativity
"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."
- John Burroughs
Creativity
"You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush."
- John Burroughs
Belief in Self
"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."
- John Burroughs
Healing
"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."
- Unknown
Hard Work
"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."
- Harry Golden
Hard Work
"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."
- Michael Larsen
Hard Work
"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
- Colin Powell
Hard Work