James Cook

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

I had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before, but as far as it was possible for man to go.

The world will hardly admit of an excuse for a man leaving a coast unexplored he has once discovered.

In prosecuting these discoveries, the dangers we are exposed to are obvious, but I rejoice that we are chosen to confront them.

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it is possible for man to go.

I whose ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.