Dag Hammarskjold

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#deserves #every #every day #justifies #only

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#nothing #praise #standard #those #up

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#leisure #more

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. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#again #answer #broken #child #clean

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#diminished #genuine #indifference #kind #only

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. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

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

— Dag Hammarskjold

#certainly #heard #history #invoke #those

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#declines #goes #increases #reputation #time

The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#back #been #condemned #decision #departure

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

— Dag Hammarskjold

#enough #finding #great #into #live