Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

Topics: Life Quotes

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear...

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear...

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory...

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory...

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....

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.

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?

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an...

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an...

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

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

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...

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

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

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

Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not...

Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not...

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is...

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is...

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to...

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to...

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation...

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation...

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is...

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is...

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by...

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by...

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how...

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how...

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...