11 Quotes & Sayings By Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone was born in 1734 in present-day Kentucky, the son of Squire Boone, a Scottish immigrant. He was apprenticed to his uncle who owned a plantation in Virginia. After serving in the French and Indian war for six years, he returned to Virginia where he married Rebecca "Betsy" Wayles. They settled in what today is the town of Boonesborough in Jefferson County Read more

I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who...
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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. Daniel Boone
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I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once. Daniel Boone
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I can't say I was ever lost but I was bewildered once for three days. Daniel Boone
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May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition! Daniel Boone
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Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Daniel Boone
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death. Daniel Boone
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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. Daniel Boone
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All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. Daniel Boone
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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. Daniel Boone
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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! Daniel Boone