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Richard E Byrd Inspirational Quotes (13)

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The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty, they will get a chance to pursue happiness and perhaps will be able to develop toward the ultimate goal of creation.
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Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed world.
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Progress grows out of motion.
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In Winter, [the Antarctic] is perhaps the dreariest of places. Our base, Little America, lay in a bowl of ice, near the edge of the Ross Ice Barrier. The temperature fell as low as 72 degrees below zero. One could actually hear one's breath freeze.
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There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
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Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
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Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others.
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A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.
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Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.
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I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working together there in the cause of science set an example of international cooperation.
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Give praise to others while they are here they won't need it in the hereafter.
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A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.
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I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.
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