If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea

Quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Topics: Leadership Quotes, Longing Quotes, Motivation Quotes

They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he...

They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he...

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards...

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when...

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when...

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You...

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You...

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but...

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but...

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates...

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always...

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always...

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course...

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and...

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis...

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis...

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.