"It is not the repeated mistakes, the long……" — Dag Hammarskjold
"It is not the repeated mistakes, the long succession of petty betrayals--though, God knows, they would give cause enough for anxiety and self-contempt--but the huge elementary mistake, the betrayal of that within me which is greater than I--in complacent adjustment to alien demands."
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117 Quotes by Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold has 117 quotes on this site.
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Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.
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If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of…
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When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain,…
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Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.
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The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell.
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Perhaps a great love is never returned. Had it been given warmth and shelter by its counterpart in the Other,…
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We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.
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We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice…
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Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past, nor…
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The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political…
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Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must…
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We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence.
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The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.
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Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He…
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
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Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it…
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The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and…
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A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity…
— James Allen
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I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make…
— Nick Clegg
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Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley…
— John Playfair
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Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the…
— Leon Battista Alberti
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You can win tournaments when you're mechanical, but golf is a game of emotion and adjustment. If you're not aware…
— Jack Nicklaus
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We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical…
— Eric Hoffer
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible…
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