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

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.

Regrets are useless, " the Fool replied. "All you can do is start from where you are.

I get the feeling people respect me and that there is affection for me. That makes me happy.

You ought to serve on the platform you run on.

In the '80s, I was the only one who didn't watch the shows about teenagers. I had to go over to friends' houses to see them. I still don't have a TV!

There is no virtue if there is no immortality.

Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!

I support organizations that help people do better for themselves and the community.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

Women's style is so hard for me. I just know what I think looks good.

Power seeking to manifest causes desire within you.