Best 28 quotes of Robert Falcon Scott on MyQuotes

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

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.

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

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

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

Each man in his way is a treasure.

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.

Great God! This is an awful place.

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.

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

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

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.

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

I have huge questions about Vision Appraisal - you bet I do. I'm very worried about what happens when we hand over our destiny to an outside company.

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

It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.

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

Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and ensure that defendant is no longer a harm to society. It makes it easier for them to return a verdict of life without the possibility of parole.

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

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

Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

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

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

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

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

Winners are born, Champions are made.

Fortune would be in a hard mood indeed if it allowed such a combination of knowledge, experience, ability, and enthusiasm to achieve nothing.

Surely misfortune could scarcely have exceeded this last blow. We arrived within 11 miles of our old One Ton Camp with fuel for one last meal and food for two days. For four days we have been unable to leave the tent - the gale howling about us. 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. We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint, but bow to the will of Providence, determined still to do our best to the last. But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honor of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for. 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, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.