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

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.

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.

The strongest storms make the best sailors. The strongest games make the best players. Tougher challenges make the best leaders.

Be a hard worker. Work and happiness are like mother and daughter. Work brings forth happiness. Hard work brings great happiness. Enjoy life.

There is no better satisfaction than to see your children make your dreams theirs, and achieve them on their terms.

The establishment of the kingdom of God is forever

Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!

[T]he outcry against killing women, if you accept killing at all, is sheer sentimentality.:; Why is it worse to kill a woman than a man?

You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard. It's like reverse sexism.

If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.

Art is a car, kitsch is a horse.

Fashion is about affordable luxury ... To succeed, designers need to be affordable, wearable, accessible, and aspirational.