The Adventures of Captain Hatteras Quotes

“There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“With time and thought, one can do a good job.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“A scholar has to know a little of everything.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“What you do for money you do badly.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“A wicked man is distrustful, and fear is commonly found in those who are able to inspire it.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“Whereas, once under way, you can get so far that going forwards is the only choice.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“One friend is always sacrificed to the other in friendship.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“People caught up in the excitement of mutiny could not maintain for long that union which allows great things to be accomplished. A ring leader of mutineers never has anything but an uncertain power in his hands.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“The happiest animal in the world," he used to say, " would be a snail who could make himself just such a shell as he wanted;I shall try to be an intelligent snail.”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“Il n'y a pas d'obstacles impossibles; il y a des volontés simplement plus forts et les plus faibles, voilà tout!”
― Jules Verne, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras