Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

Topics: Children Quotes, Christmas Quotes, Time Quotes

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you...

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you...

The myths have always condemned those who looked back. Condemned them, whatever the paradise may...

The myths have always condemned those who looked back. Condemned them, whatever the paradise may...

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently...

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently...

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death...

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death...

Everything will be all right - you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking...

Everything will be all right - you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking...

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and...

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and...

Every deed and every relationship is surrounded by an atmosphere of silence. Friendship needs no...

Every deed and every relationship is surrounded by an atmosphere of silence. Friendship needs no...

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the...

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible;...

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible;...

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to...

It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to...

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in....

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in....

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line...

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line...