Fridtjof Nansen Quotes

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

I demolish my bridges behind me ... then there is no choice but to move forward

Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

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

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

War will cease when men refuse to fight.

Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine.

The difficult is what takes a little time. The impossible is what takes a little longer.

Hope is a rickety craft to trust one's self to. I