Author » Burroughs, John
12 posts
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
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.
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.
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.