Quotes by 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
"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."
— John Burroughs
"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’."
— John Burroughs
John Burroughs

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Ro...