Robert Falcon Scott Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“To wait idly is the worst of conditions.”

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

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

“Each man in his way is a treasure.”

“The events of the day's march are now becoming so dreary and dispiriting that one longs to forget them when we camp; it is an effort even to record them in a diary.”