When one is building a ship, one does not begin with gathering timber and cutting planks, but rather by arousing in people… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
So the crew fly on with no thought that they are in motion. Like night over the sea, they are very far… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
When you want to build a ship, then do not drum the men together in order to procure wood, to give instructions… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
If you want to build a ship, teach the men to yearn for the vast and endless sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but - you… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
A pilot's business is with the wind, and with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. He strives to outwit… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“But for fear of disheartening them, we also spoke to them of disappointments and the bitter taste that rest has after a useless action.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
Once we are bound together to our brothers by a common good that is outside us, then we can breathe. Experience teaches us that… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“You are beautiful but you are empty. One could not die for you” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Flying is a man's job and its worries are a man's worries. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
