Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Matthew Henson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American explorer Matthew Henson.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Matthew Henson

Matthew Alexander Henson was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. Henson said he was the first of their party to reach the pole.

I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world. — © Matthew Henson
I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.
It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing.
There can be no conquest to the man who dwells in the narrow and small environment of a groveling life, and there can be no vision to the man the horizon of whose vision is limited by the bounds of self. But the great things of the world, the great accomplishments of the world, have been achieved by men who had high ideals and who have received great visions. The path is not easy, the climbing is rugged and hard, but the glory at the end is worthwhile.
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