Richard E. Byrd

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

— Richard E. Byrd

“15. "Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that…

— Richard E. Byrd

The human race, my intuition tells me, is not outside the cosmic process and is not an accident. It is as much…

— Richard E. Byrd

We men who serve science serve only a reflection in a mirror.

— Richard E. Byrd

What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want…

— Richard E. Byrd

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

— Richard E. Byrd

Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed…

— Richard E. Byrd

At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and…

— Richard E. Byrd

I paused to listen to the silence. My breath, crystallized as it passed my cheeks, drifted on a breeze gentler than a…

— Richard E. Byrd

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

— Richard E. Byrd

A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold.

— Richard E. Byrd

The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they…

— Richard E. Byrd

Patience is what you need in the Antarctic. Wait-Give wind and tide a chance to change.

— Richard E. Byrd

I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working…

— Richard E. Byrd

Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter.

— Richard E. Byrd

Progress grows out of motion.

— Richard E. Byrd

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

— Richard E. Byrd

What people think about you is not supposed to matter much, so long as you yourself know where the truth lies; but…

— Richard E. Byrd

Below -60° cold will find the last microscopic touch of oil in an instrument and stop it dead. If there is the…

— Richard E. Byrd

In Winter, [the Antarctic] is perhaps the dreariest of places. Our base, Little America, lay in a bowl of ice, near the…

— Richard E. Byrd

Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need. I live more simply now, and with…

— Richard E. Byrd

I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.

— Richard E. Byrd

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

— Richard E. Byrd

A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be…

— Richard E. Byrd

No woman has ever stepped on Little America - and we have found it to be the most silent and peaceful place…

— Richard E. Byrd