Daniel Boone Quotations

A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.

During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home.

Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.

Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.

Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day.

I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two.

In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy.

We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.

Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.

One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.

In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

Solid tech companies are not overpriced at all,

One percent of all the sales that you make on their credit card are devoted back to the local community school that the customer chooses. That creates a lot of customer loyalty,

I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

I was never lost in the woods in my whole life, though once I was confused for three days.

Fear is the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

Thus we behold Kentucky, lately an howling wilderness, the habitation of savages and wild beasts, become a fruitful field; this region, so favourably distinguished by nature, now become the habitation of civilization, at a period unparalleled in history, in the midst of a raging war, and under all the disadvantages of emigration to a country so remote from the inhabited parts of the continent.

Nothing embitters my old age [like] the circulation of absurd stories that I retire as civilization advances, that I shun the white men and seek the Indians, and that now even when old, I seek to retire beyond the second Alleganies.

I've never been lost, but I've been a mite bewildered for a few days.

Lightning does not often strike twice in the same place.

Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man.

I'm going now. My time has come.

No, I never did get lost, but I was bewildered for three days once.

Have I made my peace with God? I didn't know we'd quarreled!

I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after.

Heaven must be a Kentucky kind of place.

The religion I have to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can, do as little harm as I can help, and trust on God's mercy for the rest.

I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who isn't sometimes afraid. Fear's the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

Having an exciting destination is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point - its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms

It isn't how you die. It's what you live for.

We continued not in a state of indolence, but hunted every day, and prepared a little cottage to defend us from the winter storms.

Why not return some cash to shareholders instead of having to always buy back shares?

Two darling sons, and a brother, have I lost by savage hands, which have also taken from me forty valuable horses, and abundance of cattle.

There have been a lot of skeptics, and that's why HP sells at a discount. But there were very low expectations for everything outside of printing so the risk/reward scenario is favorable.

Earnings growth has been surprisingly low for drug stocks and there is more of that to come as we go through a cycle of patent expirations, ... But I think the stocks are close to being washed out and if you have patience they will do quite well over a longer period of time.

Soon after this, my companion in captivity, John Stewart, was killed by the savages, and the man that came with my brother returned home by himself.

Dell, Intel, Cisco and Microsoft are stronger today than a few years ago.

Target is a great example of an extraordinarily fine company with above average growth rate, ... Most consumers know Target. But maybe they don't know how socially responsible they are.

Intel has come a long way and investors have to recognize that,

The idea of a beloved wife and family, and their anxiety upon the account of my absence and exposed situation, made sensible impressions on my heart.

The market has gotten really sensitive to surprises and expectations. But I don't think there is a game being played by Dell. It just manages the business well,