Quote of the Day

[pgvoutdoors]

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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[BENESSE]

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.

[pgvoutdoors]

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

[ElevenBravo]

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

[Sarge47]

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

[1stimestar]

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

[Batch]

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

[BENESSE]

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

[jfeatherjohn]

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.

[jfeatherjohn]

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

[pgvoutdoors]

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

David Livingstone, African Explorer

[hunter63]

"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

[Rick]

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

[jfeatherjohn]

B-)

That hit the nail on the head...

[intothenew]

"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

[Seniorman]

BENESSE - "Shackleton is the real deal."

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

S.M.

[kyratshooter]

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

S.M.

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!

[Rick]

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

[Rick]

Don't worry. Be happy.

Eric the Lecturer.

[2dumb2kwit]

"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.)