Fridtjof Nansen Quotes

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine.

You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it has a deeper meaning for a people than most of us perceive.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward

The difficult is what takes a little time. The impossible is what takes a little longer.