James Cook Quotes

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.

It's easier to have faith in yourself if you have faith in God.

To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own.

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

Apparently there's nothing more dangerous than a religious criminal.

A business owner who is liberal probably inherited the business.

Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics.

Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

Management is simple, innovation is hard.

Inflation makes the wealthiest people richer and the masses poorer.

You cannot rectify grievances from the past with today's charity.

Going without a thing enhances the desire to get it.

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

Never underestimate the totality of chaos and betrayal that comes through currency debasement.

Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and keep an eye on us. They'd rather rule than serve.

When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife.

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

You slight yourself when you're easily slighted.

I could not help concluding, that this man felt the most supreme pleasure, while he was driven on, so fast and so smoothly, by the sea.

Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly.

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.

Money could never have originated as paper.

Faith puts the power of the universe at your disposal.

You can't suffer over two things at once.

Suffering perfects the soul.

If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit.

Self interest determines loyalty or betrayal.

When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.

Struggle is the architect of the soul.

We can never right the wrongs of the past.

No resource will flourish if managed by government.

We are destroying capitalism to pay for socialism.

Whatever you subsidize you get more of.

To use ones religion as a rationalization for lack of financial success demeans that faith.

Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.

A free ride is life's most difficult journey.

Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.

Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves.

Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.

The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results.

Everybody lives an epic.

All too often unemployment is used as an excuse for misbehaving when jobs are available within walking distance.

Doubt makes us reaffirm what we believe.

Time flies when you're running out of money.

We are coerced into faith by our suffering.