"But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid."

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Source : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.419, OUP Oxford

Robert Falcon Scott

#World Quotes #Comfort Quotes #Not Afraid Quotes

“We must dare to invent the future”
“we found that success correlates more closely with confidence than it does with competence. Yes, there is evidence that confidence is more important than ability when it comes to getting ahead. This came as particularly unsettling news to us, having spent our own lives striving toward competence.”

Source : Katty Kay, Claire Shipman (2014). “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know”, p.11, Harper Collins
“There's a saying that goes around that says "I you crossover make sure you bring the cross over." That's definitely my heart and my aim. I want to remain distinct and authentically Christian in whatever realm I'm in.”
“Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.”

Source : "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic (Sequence: "A Game," Chapter: "Cheat," p. 88), 1999.
“I would like to like to make one thing clear at the very outset and that is, when you speak of a train robbery, this involved no loss of train, merely what I like to call the contents of the train, which were pilfered. We haven't lost a train since 1946, I believe it was - the year of the great snows when we mislaid a small one.”

Source : Peter Cook, William Cook (2013). “Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook”, p.53, Random House
“I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.”
“I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.”

Source : "Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90" by Cineplex.com, August 25, 2014.
“I was driven on by.. A force which I see today as something alien to my normal life... so I have been no more than a medium as it were.”

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