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John James Audubon Quotes

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

Today we celebrate 226 years since the birth of John James Audubon. Let me share with you some great John James Audubon Quotes.

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures… as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints. – John James Audubon

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise.- John James Audubon

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. – John James Audubon

The mercantile business did not suit me.- John James Audubon

To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art.- John James Audubon

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.- John James Audubon

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.- John James Audubon

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?- John James Audubon

Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day.- John James Audubon

After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me that I shall ever enjoy more peace of mind, and even Physical comfort than I can meet with in any portion of the world beside.- John James Audubon

Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.- John James Audubon

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.- John James Audubon

Duruing all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.- John James Audubon

But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.- John James Audubon

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.- John James Audubon

How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?- John James Audubon

I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine.- John James Audubon

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.- John James Audubon

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.- John James Audubon

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children.- John James Audubon

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.- John James Audubon

I waged war against my feelings.- John James Audubon

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.- John James Audubon

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.- John James Audubon

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.- John James Audubon

Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.- John James Audubon

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.- John James Audubon

Never Give Up Quotes

Posted on January 11, 2011January 15, 2011 by

Never Give Up Quotes will make your day better. I promise!

Don’t give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don’t listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself. – Sidney Sheldon

You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. – W. Clement Stone

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. – Zig Ziglar

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill

Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win. – Vince Lombardi

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. – Henry Ford

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. – Albert Schweitzer

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. – Anonymous

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. – Ross Perot

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can’t are both right. – Henry Ford

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. – Rabindranath Tagore

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. – Rabindranath Tagore