James Cook Quotes:- Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.
He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
Inspirational James Cook Quotes
“Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me but as far as I think it possible for a man to go.”– James Cook
“Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.”– James Cook
“Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it’s hard to tell which.”– James Cook
“A free ride is life’s most difficult journey.”– James Cook
“The struggle is the architect of the soul.”– James Cook
When you are aggrieved you learn.”– James Cook
“Seeds are sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.”– James Cook
“Knaves will come and knives will go.”– James Cook
“No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.”– James Cook
“To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own.”– James Cook
“Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.”– James Cook
“It’s a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies.”– James Cook
“The decline and fall of civilization are barely noticed by most of its citizens.”– James Cook
Best James Cook Quotes & Sayings
“To enslave people, give them money they didn’t earn.”– James Cook
“When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.”– James Cook
“Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.– James Cook
“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.– James Cook
“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
