29 Quotes by Fridtjof Nansen

Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

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

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation – at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

Love is life’s snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight – whiter and purer than snow itself.

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

Never stop because you are afraid – you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.