Quote of the Day

Have you come across a saying or statement that is quote worthy? Maybe you have come up with one yourself. Lets start a collection of our favorites that may be inspiring to others.

Here's one of my favorites:

"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant journey, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success."

Advertisement placed by Ernest Shackleton, 1914

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Shackelton has been my hero since I was 8 years old and read a book about him. Since then I've read many books and watched documentaries and reenactments of his journey and I always get something new out of it. Forget Les, forget Bear, forget just about anyone out there. Shackleton is the real deal.

When Survival is the topic of discussion, all that needs to be said is "Shackleton".

Thank you very much for pointing that out... I found the ebook for my Kindle at Gute... I can start reading right away!

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5199

Andrew

...but I was just thinking about Shackleton today. :yes: As for my favorite quotes, read my signatures! :D

Yep, he's one of my heros as well.

How does he compare to Fridtjof Nansen?

"It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport."
Fridtjof Nansen

“A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist.”
- Franklin Jones

We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
We have done so much, with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything...with nothing.

As far as I know, this is by Anonymous.

PS...Shackleton was one of the greats, for sure.

"No one knows the value of water till he is deprived of it..."

David Livingstone, African Explorer

"Huh,(Oh shut) now THAT didn't work out so well"
Me , lots of times.....But...

"Show me some one that hasn't made any mistakes,...I show you someone that hasn't done anything".

As far as Shackleton goes....he was good at tough and resolve.......not so good at planning.....JMHO

I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code.
-Emo Phillips

B-)

That hit the nail on the head...

"Supper's ready."

My Mother. I have heard a lot of people use it since.


"If you don't use your head, you just as well have two butt holes."

L.R., a rather gruff gentleman that I had the privilege of working with so many years ago. That is a paraphrase, the literal quote was not quite as tame, use your imagination.


"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something."

Richard Feynman


"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."

Isaac Newton


"How can you expect to know anything, if you cannot feel the earth?"

Unknown

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BENESSE - "Shackleton is the real deal."

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Yep, and so were Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke, and their Corps of Discovery.

S.M.

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Originally Posted by Seniorman

Yep, and so were Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke, and their Corps of Discovery.

S.M.

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Yes, but Alexander Mackenzie went to the Pacific ten years earlier with only four men and a canoe. Private enterprise never gets the good press coverage government programs do!

That's because they lost all of their gear in a canoe accident.

Don't worry. Be happy.

Eric the Lecturer.

"They're educated beyond their intelligence."- Worker on a job site, on a collage campus, talking about the the people we were working for. (He was correct.)

"That's notin',..... Here hold my beer and watch this shut....."

Really surprised that no one came up with the "Universal Redneck precursor to disaster"

"Buy gear that is "good enough" but learn to use it really well. Owning a paint brush doesn't make you an artist"

John Gookin

You should have posted that before KY started painting today.

Some ships are designed to sink… others require our assistance.

"Don't look....I can fix it"

A boy that worked for me for a short time!

"I got the boat all tied up at the dock."

An Anonymous PAL.

A dog is the only thing that will Love you more than it Loves itself.

The outside of a dog, is good for the inside of a man!

Hire teenagers now while they still know everything:scared:

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Originally Posted by Wildthang

The outside of a dog, is good for the inside of a man!

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Hey, I really like that one!

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Originally Posted by wtrfwlr

Hey, I really like that one!

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Thank you oh great survivor without vowels in his name:scared:

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Originally Posted by Wildthang

Thank you oh great survivor without vowels in his name:scared:

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I had to leave out some letters so's I could fit it on my tag.:thumbup1:


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"If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere else"

Yogi Berra

"Nature always punishes any neglect of Prudenes"

Ralf Waldo Emerson

"A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more money than a thousand men with guns!"

Mario Puzo. :cool2:

A famous quote by Wildthang after a freind got caught cheating on his beautiful sweet wife:

" If he knew 9 more things, he would be an idiot ", all of my friends say this to this very day and that was said a lot of years ago!

My favorite quote came today. It was from the link 1timestar gave about the girl rididng her motorcycle through Chernobel. A true survival one-liner.

"The ones with the most courage died first."

"What we must learn to do, We learn by Doing"

Aristotle

You don't have to like it, you just have to eat it..........mom.

My mom made that our family slogan. She made a sign for us to put in the kitchen. My kids keep telling me all the time..."I really don't like that sign". :)

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Hire teenagers now while they still know everything:scared:

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They just lowered the age for enlisting into the army to 16. That way, the recruits already know everything, and their moms won't miss them when they are gone.