"We are not permitted to choose the frame……" — Dag Hammarskjold

"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."

— Dag Hammarskjold

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117 Quotes by Dag Hammarskjold

Dag Hammarskjold has 117 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.
If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of…
When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain,…
Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.
The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell.
Perhaps a great love is never returned. Had it been given warmth and shelter by its counterpart in the Other,…
We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.
We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice…
Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past, nor…
The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political…
Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must…
We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence.

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive… — Saint Basil
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra
United we stand, divided we fall. — Aesop
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne

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