“Teachers should be very careful not to spoil their pupils’ taste for poetry for all time by making it a task and an imposition.”

I chose life over death for myself and my friends. I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.

When things are easy, I hate it.

Optimism is the true moral courage.

Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last to the North Pole.

Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.

Optimism is true moral courage.

I do not know what ‘moss’ stands for in the proverb , but if it stood for useful knowledge… I gathered more moss by rolling than I ever did at school.

I thought you’d rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.

If you’re a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you’ve got to keep going.

The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below.

I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.

From the sentimental point of view, it is the last great Polar journey that can be made.

By endurance we conquer.

Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.

I genuinely believe that any business can create a competitive advantage through giving outstanding customer care.

Deciding to stop letting people play you is a form of self care.

Next time they are cruel to you, listen carefully, and if you listen you will hear their pain and just like that see their heart.

A woman who is careful with her words is a gift to all who know her.

The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.

It’s not about how much you sleep. It’s what you do while you’re awake.

People are crazy and times are strange. I used to care but things have changed