All Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
- 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… Command
- Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away. Demand
- The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its… Abandoned
- Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders… Always Seems
- 'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. Fear
- The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. Better
- The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. Anorexia
- It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses. Approval
- Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Death
- 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… Alone
- We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. Brainy
- Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. Conviction
- 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… Accept
- I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one. Draft
- If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party. Death
- In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us. All
- Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his… Among
- I never discuss discussions. Discuss
- 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… Attitude
- It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. Character
- Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them. Animal
- I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive. Belief
- Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. Criticism
- 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… Always Condemned
- Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and… Avoided