A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

In Winter, [the Antarctic] is perhaps the dreariest of places. Our base, Little America, lay in a bowl of ice, near the edge of the Ross Ice Barrier. The temperature fell as low as 72 degrees below zero. One could actually hear one's breath freeze.

A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.

The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty, they will get a chance to pursue happiness and perhaps will be able to develop toward the ultimate goal of creation.

Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others.

Patience is what you need in the Antarctic. Wait-Give wind and tide a chance to change.

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.