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Top 30 John James Audubon Quotes (2025 Update)

John James Audubon Quote: “To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.”

1. “To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “Never give up listening to the sounds of birds.”

2. “Never give up listening to the sounds of birds.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.”

3. “When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.”

4. “During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.”

5. “To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “There is but one kind of love; God is love, and all his creatures derive theirs from his; only it is modified by the different degrees of intelligence in different beings and creatures.”

6. “There is but one kind of love; God is love, and all his creatures derive theirs from his; only it is modified by the different degrees of intelligence in different beings and creatures.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.”

7. “But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed?”

8. “The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed?”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be thankful for whatever happens by the will of the Omnipotent Creator; yet it was not so agreeable to any of my party as a fine day would have been.”

9. “Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be thankful for whatever happens by the will of the Omnipotent Creator; yet it was not so agreeable to any of my party as a fine day would have been.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “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.”

10. “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

John James Audubon Quote: “But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.”

11. “But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found in congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy could be.”

12. “I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found in congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy could be.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.”

13. “The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.”

14. “The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creators power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.”

15. “All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creators power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.”

16. “Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “My heart swelled with uncontrollable delight...”

17. “My heart swelled with uncontrollable delight...”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.”

18. “Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.”

19. “The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.”

20. “As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “A Mocking Bird regularly resorts to the south angle of a chimney top and salutes us with sweetest notes from the rising of the moon until about midnight.”

21. “A Mocking Bird regularly resorts to the south angle of a chimney top and salutes us with sweetest notes from the rising of the moon until about midnight.”

— John James Audubon

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

22. “Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “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.”

23. “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

John James Audubon Quote: “I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine.”

24. “I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.”

25. “Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.”

— John James Audubon

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

26. “How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “The mercantile business did not suit me.”

27. “The mercantile business did not suit me.”

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John James Audubon Quote: “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.”

28. “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

John James Audubon Quote: “I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer – the style was good, and the brush was handled with fine effect, but he fails in copying Nature, without which the best work will be a failure.”

29. “I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer – the style was good, and the brush was handled with fine effect, but he fails in copying Nature, without which the best work will be a failure.”

— John James Audubon

John James Audubon Quote: “I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.”

30. “I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.”

— John James Audubon

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