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

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

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

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

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

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

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.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

We talk of communing with Nature, but 'tis with ourselves we commune... Nature furnishes the conditions - the solitude - and the soul furnishes the entertainment.

Leap, and the net will appear.

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. And the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.

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

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

Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.

As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.

Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.

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.

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.

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

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