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Ernest Shackleton Quotes: A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.
         

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.


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



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Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.



By endurance we conquer.

By endurance we conquer.



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

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




When things are easy, I hate it.

When things are easy, I hate it.



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

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



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.

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.



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 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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