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~ Dag Hammarskjold Quotes ~
« on: April 01, 2014, 09:13:30 AM »
Dag Hammarskjold Quotes


A Swedish diplomat, economist and author.
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold (29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, economist and author. He was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Hammarskjold remains the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office.

Here are some famous quotes by Dag Hammarskjold.




Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.

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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2014, 09:13:58 AM »
Time goes by: reputation increases ability declines.

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« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 09:14:31 AM »
Life only demands from you the strength you possess.

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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2014, 09:14:57 AM »
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

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« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2014, 09:15:29 AM »
Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

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« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2014, 09:15:55 AM »
Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2014, 09:16:24 AM »
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

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« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2014, 09:17:05 AM »
Life only demands from the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.

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« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2014, 09:17:42 AM »
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2014, 09:18:20 AM »
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 up.

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Re: ~ Dag Hammarskjold Quotes ~
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2014, 09:19:10 AM »
Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small your vision which is muddied? You are the one who must grow up.

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Re: ~ Dag Hammarskjold Quotes ~
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2014, 09:19:55 AM »
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again what is soiled is made clean again.

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Re: ~ Dag Hammarskjold Quotes ~
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2014, 09:20:38 AM »
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

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« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2014, 09:21:12 AM »
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.

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Re: ~ Dag Hammarskjold Quotes ~
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2014, 09:21:51 AM »
How Forgiveness Helps Us Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again what is soiled is again made clean.