Author: Dag Hammarskjold

Quotes

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

- 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

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

- 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

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

- 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

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

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

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

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