Richard E. Byrd

“A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes that he is no longer indispensable.”

“I had wanted to go to the Pole, and I had gone. What I had not fully realized was that the going was only the beginning.”

“Here were imponderable processes and forces of the cosmos, harmonious and soundless. Harmony, that was it! That was what came out of the silence...”

“The nation that has the airpower will be the nation that is the dominant nation.”

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

“No one can say what discoveries await us.”

“At the end, only two things matter to me: the affection and understanding of my family.”

“It is the effort that counts, not the applause.”

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

“Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others.”