I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.
ERNEST SHACKLETONI seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.
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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.
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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.
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From the sentimental point of view, it is the last great Polar journey that can be made.
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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.
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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.
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Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.
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A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.
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Optimism is the true moral courage.
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One feels ‘the dearth of human words, the roughness of mortal speech’ in trying to describe things intangible.
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Teachers should be very careful not to spoil their pupils’ taste for poetry for all time by making it a task and an imposition.
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I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.
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Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results.
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If you’re a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you’ve got to keep going.
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We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.
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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.
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