"We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South"
- Roald Amundsen
About this Quote
This quote by Roald Amundsen is a homage to the brave sailors who ventured into unidentified waters and checked out the icy lands of the South. It is a pointer of the courage and decision of these sailors who dealt with storms and mists and still handled to increase our understanding of the lands of ice in the South. It is a suggestion of the value of exploration and discovery and the guts of those who take on such a job. It is also a reminder of the value of thankfulness and appreciation for those who take on such a task and the risks they take to increase our knowledge. It is a reminder of the importance of respecting and honoring those who handle such a task and the dangers they require to increase our understanding. It is a pointer of the significance of exploration and discovery and the courage of those who handle such a task.
"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us"
"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"
