Quote by John Burroughs
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is

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. – John Burroughs

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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. – John Burroughs

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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. – John Burroughs

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For every promise, there is price to pay. – Jim Rohn

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Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise. – Author Unknown

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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. – Karl Popper

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Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made. – Edgar Watson Howe

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Believe you can and youre halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

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But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples. – Karl Liebknecht

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