Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIt is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
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Maturity – among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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The myths have always condemned those who ‘looked back.’ Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
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If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life’s point of no return.
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It is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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I never discuss discussions.
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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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