Quote by John Burroughs
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. – 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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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs

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alone
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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs

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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think Im a failure. – William Hurt

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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. – Eric Hoffer

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The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage. – Ethan Hawke

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A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection. – Arthur Bloch

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The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement… they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. – Andrew Greeley

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Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks. – Author unknown

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Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard’s rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment – a little makes the way of the best happiness. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Dont you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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