Quotes by Richard E. Byrd

Richard E. Byrd

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

Black

Confusion

Mind

A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every man’s counting house… The law will of necessity have Indus[tr]ial features, it will provide penalties, it will create complicated machinery. Under it, men will be hauled into courts distant from their homes. Heavy fines imposed by distant and unfamiliar tribunals will constantly menace the taxpayer. An army of federal inspectors, spies, and detectives will descend upon the state.

Army

Eye

Home

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

Indispensable

Men

Wisdom

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

Hero

Progress

Static

At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice. but the family is an everlasting anchorage, a quiet harbor where a man’s ships can be left to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.

Loyalty

Men

Pride

Below -60° cold will find the last microscopic touch of oil in an instrument and stop it dead. If there is the slightest breeze, you can hear your breath freeze as it floats away, making a sound like that of Chinese firecrackers. As does the morning dew, rime coats every exposed object. And if you work too hard and breathe too deeply, your lungs will sometimes feel as if they were on fire.

Fire

Morning

Oil

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

Trying

War

Would Be

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Inspirational

Life

Motivational

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

Giving

Needs

Praise

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

Change

Giving

Wind

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America

Army

Black

Change

Clouds

Confusion

Done

Dwelling

Dying

Excellent

Eye

Finals

Fire

Giving

Goal

Grows

Habit

Hero

Home

Hopeful

Ice

Indispensable

Inspirational

Knowing

Knowledge

Letting Go

Life

Loyalty

Lying

Mass

Men

Might

Mind

Morning

Motivational

Moving

Needs

Night

Oil

Peace

Peaceful

People

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Pride

Progress

Race

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Quotes by Richard E. Byrd

Richard E. Byrd

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

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

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

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

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

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

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

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