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Famous Ernest Shackleton Quotes
Source: The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909
Source: South
Source: South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
Source: South
“If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.”
Source: South
Source: South
Source: The Heart of the Antarctic and South
Source: South: The Endurance Expedition
“Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.”
“A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.”
Source: South
“From the sentimental point of view, it is the last great Polar journey that can be made.”
“I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.”
“I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.”
“If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.”