Quotes from Richard E. Byrd

If the expedition had failed, which it might well have done with all hope centered in just one plane, I should still be trying to pay back my obligations.

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 come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling in them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Half the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.

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

The universe was a cosmos, not a chaos; man was as rightfully a part of that cosmos as were the day and night.

Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.

Patience is what you need in the Antarctic. Wait-Give wind and tide a chance to change.

We men who serve science serve only a reflection in a mirror.

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

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

The human race, my intuition tells me, is not outside the cosmic process and is not an accident. It is as much a part of the universe as the trees, the mountains, the aurora, and the stars.

Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed world.

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

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

Give wind and tide a chance to change.