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Quotes by Explorer

"Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end."

"Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end."

Edward Whymper, British Explorer

Beginning, End, Haste, May

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"Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole."

"Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole."

Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer

Adventure, Eyes, Now, Want, Will

5

"In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City."

"In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City."

Thomas L. Smith, American Explorer

Life, Company, Fire, Property

5

"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again."

"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again."

William Kidd, Scottish Explorer

Sports, May, Will

5

"Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

"Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

Richard E. Byrd, American Explorer

Strength, Men, Deep

4

"I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us."

"I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us."

Samuel de Champlain, French Explorer

Man, Men, People, Duty

4

"Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do."

"Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do."

Lincoln Ellsworth, American Explorer

Life, Interest, Years

4

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

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

Richard E. Byrd, American Explorer

Progress, Public

4

"Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall."

"Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall."

Walter Raleigh, English Explorer

3

"They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers."

"They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers."

Samuel de Champlain, French Explorer

Future, Hunting

3

"If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration."

"If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration."

Lincoln Ellsworth, American Explorer

Family, Father, Son, Admiration, Affection

2

"I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain."

"I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain."

Jacques Cartier, Canadian Explorer

2

"One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father."

"One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father."

Lincoln Ellsworth, American Explorer

Family, Father, Determination, Earth, Name

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