16 Quotes by Roald Amundsen

With sufficient planning, you can almost eliminate adventure from an expedition.

Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.

Adventure is just bad planning.

Victory awaits him who has everything in order – luck, people call it.

How did I happen to become an explorer? It did not just happen, for my career has been a steady progress toward a definite goal since I was fifteen years of age.

I have heard men snore till I was really afraid they would choke, but as for acknowledging that they had been asleep – never!