3 Richard E. Byrd Quotes on Leadership

Richard E. Byrd quotes on leadership

4. That risks were involved, all of us knew; but none, so far as we could foresee, that were too great. Otherwise, as leader of a big polar expedition, and subject to all the responsibilities implicit in command, I could not have gone. That I miscalculated is proved by the fact that I nearly lost my life. Yet, I do not regret going. ~ Ch. 1

17. A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes that he is no longer indispensable. ~ Ch. 12, last lines of the book.

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