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

- Fridtjof Nansen

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

- Fridtjof Nansen

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

- Fridtjof Nansen

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

- Fridtjof Nansen

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.

- Fridtjof Nansen

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

- Fridtjof Nansen