Robert Falcon Scott Quotes

Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

Great God! This is an awful place.

Each man in his way is a treasure.

With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.

It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.

Winners are born, Champions are made.

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.

Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.

Keep engaged in the all new popular and fancy, positive side of things!

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

I have huge questions about Vision Appraisal - you bet I do. I'm very worried about what happens when we hand over our destiny to an outside company.

Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

Fortune would be in a hard mood indeed if it allowed such a combination of knowledge, experience, ability, and enthusiasm to achieve nothing.