'I am a British boy, and I don’t want to be eaten by savages.'Ralph Rover
'A little knowledge, it is said, is a dangerous thing, but it cannot be half so bad as a lot of ignorance.'R. M. Ballantyne
'There are no forewarnings of danger in this world.'R. M. Ballantyne
'If you take a bad situation and add fear to it, you will invariably have a terrible situation.'Ralph Rover
'It is the uncertainty that causes half of the dread of anticipation.'Jack Martin
'We should never allow ourselves to despair, but on all occasions recollect that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.'Peterkin Gay
'Hope once lost is a hard thing to regain.'R. M. Ballantyne
'Delight in smooth waters tempts to the belief that all waters will be smooth.'R. M. Ballantyne
'In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, man may find himself alone.'R. M. Ballantyne
'Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.'R. M. Ballantyne
'To be tempest-tossed is a common fate, but to sink in the storm, that is not the will of fate.'R. M. Ballantyne
'Even in paradise, it seems, there will be things that are not perfect.'R. M. Ballantyne
'A man can die but once, but to loose hope is to die over and over again.'Jack Martin
'To accomplish anything, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.'Peterkin Gay