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.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Life, Light, Discovery

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.114, Oxford University Press

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• We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Risk, Causes, Mountain Climbers

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press

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• Winners are born, Champions are made.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Softball, Champion, Winner

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• Great God! This is an awful place.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Witty, Awful, Antarctica

  Diary, 17 Jan. 1912

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• To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Waiting, Worst, Conditions

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.57, OUP Oxford

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Done, May, March

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.416, Oxford University Press

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Cheer, Ends, Good Cheer

  Robert Falcon Scott (2005). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.416, Oxford University Press, USA

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Conclusion, Pleasant, Regions

  Robert Falcon Scott, Charles Turley (1915). “The voyages of Captain Scott: Retold from "The voyage of the Discovery" and "Scott's last expedition,"”

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• 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.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Country, Heart, Rich Countries

  "Message to the Public," Times (London), 11 Feb. 1913

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Regret, Gentleman, Behinds

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.417, Oxford University Press

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• 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.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Regret, Writing, Past

  Robert Falcon Scott, Leonard Huxley (1913). “Scott's Last Expedition ...: Vol. I. Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R. N., C. V. O. Vol II. Being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley; with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham ... With Photogravure Frontispieces, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 Full Page and Smaller Illustrations from Photographs Taken by Herbert C. Ponting and Other Members of the Expedition, Panoramas and Maps ...”

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Looks, Sometimes, Barren

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.53, Oxford University Press

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• Each man in his way is a treasure.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Men, Treasure, Way

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.95, OUP Oxford

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Writing, Thinking, People

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Dog, Care, Might

  Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.491, Amberley Publishing Limited

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Comfort, World, Not Afraid

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.419, OUP Oxford

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Dog, Training, Moments

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.117, Oxford University Press

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Dog, Reality, Fierce

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.116, Oxford University Press

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• Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Ocean, Sea, Freezing

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.153, Oxford University Press

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Fancy, Sides, Engaged

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Patience, Long, Waiting

  Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.62, Amberley Publishing Limited

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• 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.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Country, Giving, Appeals

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Dog, Faces, Driving

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  School, Boys, Games

  Last letter to his wife, in 'Scott's Last Expedition' (1913) vol. 1, ch. 20

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

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Dog, Training, Inability

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.117, Oxford University Press

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