(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.
Difficulties are just things to overcome after all. - Ernest Shackleton
Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.
- Ernest Shackleton
If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard. - Ernest Shackleton
If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.
Optimism is true moral courage. - Ernest Shackleton
Optimism is true moral courage.
If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going. - Ernest Shackleton
If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.
After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there re… - Ernest Shackleton
After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there re…
Life to me is the greatest of all games. The danger lies in treating it as a trivial game, a game to be taken lightly, and a game in which the rules… - Ernest Shackleton
Life to me is the greatest of all games. The danger lies in treating it as a trivial game, a game to be taken lightly, and a game in which the rules…
Men Wanted for Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages for Long Hours of Arduous Labour under Brutal Conditions; Months of Continual Darkness and Extreme Col… - Ernest Shackleton
Men Wanted for Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages for Long Hours of Arduous Labour under Brutal Conditions; Months of Continual Darkness and Extreme Col…
I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion. - Ernest Shackleton
I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.
I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure. - Ernest Shackleton
I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.
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