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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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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. – John Burroughs

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Happiness
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John Burroughs
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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. – John Burroughs

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Nature
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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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Birds
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Promises
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Promise little and do much. – Hebrew Proverb

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Promises

A promise is a debt. – Proverb

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Promises

There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give. – Proverb

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Promises

The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. – William Lyon MacKenzie

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Promises

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Silence is also speech. – Proverb

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Silence

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness. – Ric Ocasek

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Happiness

Better luck next time they say, or you win some you lose some, I guess its something like that. – James Dye

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Winning, Winners

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public whats going on up there in the space program, then my jobs been done. – Christa McAuliffe

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Science