James cook quotes

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

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

We are far too critical of the fabulous system of plenty that has brought us the highest living standards on earth. The liberals have done a good job of undermining faith in the market system.

Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

Suffering perfects the soul.

Getting is more fun than having.

Our religious understanding and beliefs should evolve just like everything else.

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

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

Doubt makes us reaffirm what we believe.

A free ride is life's most difficult journey.

Faith must be worked at.

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

The welfare system is the breeding ground of crime, addiction and radical politics.

The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior.

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.

It's nearly impossible for a criminal to come from a good mother.

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

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

Once trapped in the belief that you are a victim, you surrender your birthright to compete for the prizes of life.

When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows.

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

Self interest determines loyalty or betrayal.

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

Going without a thing enhances the desire to get it.

Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees.

Whatever you subsidize you get more of.

Inequality promotes progress.

What is written is more influential than what is said.

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

Everybody lives an epic.

Inflation makes the wealthiest people richer and the masses poorer.

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

Struggle is the architect of the soul.

There is nothing very religious about feeling superior to those who don't share your views.

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

Prayer is futility when compared to belief.

There is a reason and not a reason for everything.

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.

Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like a week, and today when we have just the opposite, the economy is shrinking.?

Liberals fostered the subsidies that have converted so many citizens to helplessness. They have made high taxes and big government a way of life. They have corrupted the politicians into believing that in order to be elected to office, they must dispense benefits.

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

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

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

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

We should worry about our own souls first and trust in God's plan for others.

Virtually anything is more stimulating than conversations with strangers at social gatherings.

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

All the warnings the founding fathers gave us about government proved to be true. We should have listened.

Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give it to a long line of moochers, pork barrel hustlers and ne'er-do-wells. These funds would otherwise have been employed as additional capital indispensable to economic progress.

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

Without memory there are no worries.

The thing that distinguishes permanent poverty is bad character.

Good times weaken belief.

Time flies when you're running out of money.

You can't suffer over two things at once.

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.

At the very least, people who get subsidies should have to get up in the morning and do something, even if it's a make work job. But most liberals would oppose even this simple test of responsibility.

The higher the wages the fewer the jobs; the lower the wages the more the jobs.

Advice from others is always filtered through self interest.

The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.

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

Knaves will come and knaves will go.

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then liberalism is a form of insanity.

Never underestimate the incompetence of government.

A business owner who is liberal probably inherited the business.

The most practical information about life is sneered at by social planners.

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

We evolved without social welfare and we are equipped to solve our problems without it.

Young atheists abound, but old atheists are rare.

Liars seldom believe anyone else.

When you are aggrieved you learn.

At times life becomes too busy for religious thoughts.

Rich grandparents get more attention than poor grandparents.

Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.

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

Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis.

Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.

There is no help from without, only from within.

Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth.

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

Nobody heeds danger when they're making money.

You slight yourself when you're easily slighted.

Socialism is the triumph of people's prejudices over their reason.

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

Taking money from job creating entrepreneurs and giving it to ever-failing government programs has to be the ultimate in economic illiteracy.

We can never right the wrongs of the past.

Faith puts the power of the universe at your disposal.

Those who think profit is a dirty word should try to make one.

Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly.

Management is simple, innovation is hard.

From an economic standpoint, liberalism is a greater threat to America than communism ever was.

Worry not so much about other peoples morals but more about your own.

We are coerced into faith by our suffering.

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

It's not up to God for us to use the gift of faith.

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

Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through.

Winning a lottery may prove to be bad luck.

What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants and perhaps disease which they never before knew and which serve only to disturb that happy tranquility which they and their forefathers enjoyed. If anyone denies the truth of this assertion, let him tell me what the natives of the whole extent of America have gained by the commerce they have had with Europeans.

Better to have something to say than to have to say something.

The soul is that part of you in harmony with God.

The more money spent by government to address social injustice the greater the cries of social injustice.

The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise and slander capitalism.

We are destroying capitalism to pay for socialism.

Easier will always win out over harder.

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

The liberal agenda is the blueprint for national ruin.

A single charitable foundation started by one capitalist does more good than a world full of socialists and leftists. Think Carnegie and his libraries, or Sloan and Kettering their hospital, or Gates in Africa.

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.

Nothing is more difficult than to make a profit.

Give persons who would cheat you every opportunity so you can soon be rid of them.

Money could never have originated as paper.

Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.

No role in life is more important than to be a good mother.

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

There are alternate explanations for everything.

A thinker reverses roles and sees the perspectives of others.

To write about business one should be in business, just as in writing about Tasmania one should visit Tasmania.

No resource will flourish if managed by government.

Suffering over something is proof positive of its importance.

Once you're in heaven it makes no difference when you got there.

Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they can from the government. Giveaway programs encourage every imaginable sort of cheating and dishonesty. Wheeling and dealing in food stamps is a way of life. Lying and fraud are commonplace. Whenever you're dependent on the money, the end justifies the means.

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

The eyes of the owner can see what no one else can see.