Author: Dag Hammarskjold

Quotes

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

- Dag Hammarskjold

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.

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.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

- Dag Hammarskjold

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

- Dag Hammarskjold

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Similar Authors: