List of Daniel Boone Quotes

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.

In This Situation I Was Constantly Exposed To Danger And Death.

In This Time The Enemy Began To Undermine Our Fort, Which Was Situated Sixty Yards From Kentucky River.

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.

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.

On The Fourth Day Of July Following, A Party Of About Two Hundred Indians Attacked Boonsborough, Killed One Man, And Wounded Two.

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.

May The Same Almighty Goodness Banish The Accursed Monster, War, From All Lands, With Her Hated Associates, Rapine And Insatiable Ambition!

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!

Lightning Does Not Often Strike Twice In The Same Place.

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.

In Such A Diversity It Was Impossible I Should Be Disposed To Melancholy.