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

The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below.

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 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.

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

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