Ernest Shackleton QUOTES

1 " i had a dream when i was 22 that someday i would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till i came to one of the poles of the earth "

― Ernest Shackleton

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

― Ernest Shackleton

3 " My good friend the Governor said I could settle down at Port Stanley and take things quietly for a few weeks. The street of that port is about a mile and a half long. It has the slaughterhouse at one end and the graveyard at the other. The chief distraction is to walk from the slaughterhouse to the graveyard. For a change one may walk from the graveyard to the slaughterhouse. "

― Ernest Shackleton

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

― Ernest Shackleton

5 " There once was a mouse who lived in a tavern. One night the mouse found a leaky barrel of beer, and he drank all he could hold. When the mouse had finished, he sat up, twirled his whiskers, and looked around arrogantly. “Now then,” he said, “where’s that damned cat? "

― Ernest Shackleton , Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

6 " 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. "

― Ernest Shackleton

7 " Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all. "

― Ernest Shackleton

8 " Through endurance we conquer. "

― Ernest Shackleton

9 " i had a dream when i was 22 that someday i would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till i came to one of the poles of the earth "

― Ernest Shackleton

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

― Ernest Shackleton

11 " Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the decisions is assisted greatly if he feels that there is no uncertainty in the minds of those who follow him, and that his orders will be carried out confidently and in expectation of success. "

― Ernest Shackleton , South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

12 " When I look back at those days I have no doubt that Providence guided us, not only across those snowfields, but across the storm-white sea that separated Elephant Island from our landing-place on South Georgia. I know that during that long and racking march of thirty-six hours over the unnamed mountains and glaciers of South Georgia it seemed to me often that we were four, not three. I said nothing to my companions on the point, but afterwards Worsley said to me, ‘Boss, I had a curious feeling on the march that there was another person with us.’ Crean confessed to the same idea. One feels ‘the dearth of human words, the roughness of mortal speech’ in trying to describe things intangible, but a record of our journeys would be incomplete without a reference to a subject very near to our hearts. "

― Ernest Shackleton , South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

13 " We had seen God in His splendours, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man. "

― Ernest Shackleton , South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

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

― Ernest Shackleton

15 " Need to put footstep of courage into stirrup of patience. "

― Ernest Shackleton ,

16 " I heard one man say, "Cook, I like my tea strong." Another joined in, "Cook, I like mine weak." It was pleasant to know that their minds were untroubled, but I thought the time opportune to mention that the tea would be the same for all hands and that we would be fortunate if two months later we had any tea at all. It occurred to me at the time that the incident had psychological interest. Here were men, their home crushed, the camp pitched on the unstable floes, and their chance of reaching safety apparently remote, calmly attending to the details of existence and giving their attention to such trifles as the strength of a brew of tea. "

― Ernest Shackleton

17 " A strange occurrence was the sudden appearance of eight emperor penguins from a crack 100 yds. away at the moment when the pressure upon the ship was at its climax. They walked a little way towards us, halted, and after a few ordinary calls proceeded to utter weird cries that sounded like a dirge for the ship. None of us had ever before heard the emperors utter any other than the most simple calls or cries, and the effect of this concerted effort was almost startling. "

― Ernest Shackleton , South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

18 " The temperature was not strikingly low as temperatures go down here, but the terrific winds penetrate the flimsy fabric of our fragile tents and create so much draught that it is impossible to keep warm within. At supper last night our drinking-water froze over in the tin in the tent before we could drink it. It is curious how thirsty we all are. "

― Ernest Shackleton , South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

19 " The moving of the boulders was weary and painful work. We came to know every one of the stones by sight and touch, and I have vivid memories of their angular peculiarities even to-day. "

― Ernest Shackleton , South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

20 " All the dogs except eight had been named. I do not know who had been responsible for some of the names, which seemed to represent a variety of tastes. They were as follows Rugby, Upton Bristol, Millhill, Songster, Sandy, Mack, Mercury, Wolf, Amundsen, Hercules, Hackenschmidt, Samson, Sammy, Skipper, Caruso, Sub, Ulysses, Spotty, Bosun, Slobbers, Sadie, Sue, Sally, Jasper, Tim, Sweep, Martin, Splitlip, Luke, Saint, Satan, Chips, Stumps, Snapper, Painful, Bob, Snowball, Jerry, Judge, Sooty, Rufus, Sidelights, Simeon, Swanker, Chirgwin, Steamer, Peter, Fluffy, Steward, Slippery, Elliott, Roy, Noel, Shakespeare, Jamie, Bummer, Smuts, Lupoid, Spider, and Sailor. Some of the names, it will be noticed, had a descriptive flavour. "

― Ernest Shackleton , South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

1
2