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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDOnly he deserves power who every day justifies it.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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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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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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Is life so wretched? Isn’t it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.
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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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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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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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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times.
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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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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 breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body’s total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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