Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld (29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, the second United Nations Secretary-General, and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He oversaw U.N. responses to Cold War crises
6 quotes.
Quotes by Dag Hammarskjöld
- Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. To be humble is not to make comparisons.
- 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.
- Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
- Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
- To say Yes to life is at one and the same time to say Yes to oneself.
- We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.