Dag Hammarskjöld quotes

Dag Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat and statesman, best known for serving as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. His leadership shaped the UN during critical years of the Cold War and international crises. He is remembered for his dedication to peace, integrity, and humanitarian efforts. Here are 104 of his quotes:

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason. View quote
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. View quote
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. View quote
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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. View quote
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. View quote
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I never discuss discussions. View quote
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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. View quote
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Friendship needs no wordsit is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness. View quote
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear. View quote
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Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. View quote
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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. View quote
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. View quote
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There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return. View quote
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. View quote
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses. View quote
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive. View quote
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party. View quote
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Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. View quote
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning. View quote
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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. View quote
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Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld - Image
Occupation: Swedish Diplomat
Born: July 29, 1905
Died: September 18, 1961
Quotes count: 104
Wikipedia: Dag Hammarskjöld

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