Ernest Shackleton

If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole.

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

(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.

After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.

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

I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.

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

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.