Robert Falcon Scott Quotes

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.

Winners are born, Champions are made.

Great God! This is an awful place.

I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

I do no think human beings ever came through such a month as we have…We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

Each man in his way is a treasure.

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.

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

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

Keep engaged in the all new popular and fancy, positive side of things!

Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.

The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.