James Cook Quotes

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

  James Cook

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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  Opportunity, Remember, Fewer

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• From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but

  James Cook

  Reality, People, Earth

  James Cook (1897). “Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World”

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• Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly.

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  Done

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• Struggle is the architect of the soul.

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  Struggle, Soul, Architect

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

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  Independent, Genius, Idiot

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• Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.

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  Adversity, Fruit, Bears

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• A free ride is life's most difficult journey.

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  Journey, Difficult, Difficult Journeys

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

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  Missing, Mind, Trying

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• Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race and gender rather than ability or talent. Such a system often overlooks the deserving and rewards the incompetent. There is no payoff for achievement.

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  Jobs, Educational, Moving

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• It's a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies.

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  Believe, Government, People

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

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  People, Giving

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• When you are aggrieved you learn.

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

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  Matter, Fool, Stills

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• That which you worry about most in life is seldom bad, and that likely applies to dying.

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  Worry, Dying, Life Is

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

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  Fall, Civilization, Citizens

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

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  Succeed, Interest, Customers

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• Knaves will come and knaves will go.

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  Knaves

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• Other than sex, two things bring people together; economic transactions and booze.

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  Sex, Two, People

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

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  Have Faith, Faith In God, Easier

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• Going without a thing enhances the desire to get it.

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  Desire

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• There is no help from without, only from within.

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  Helping

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• We can never right the wrongs of the past.

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  Past

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• Getting is more fun than having.

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  Fun

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• To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness.

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  People, Good Man, Fairness

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