We are not permitted to choose the frame of our de... -Dag Hammarskjold

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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

Dag Hammarskjold , Diplomat
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Dag Hammarskjold was a prominent statesman and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. His efforts to promote peace and international cooperation earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961.

Dag Hammarskjold Quotes to Explore

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours....
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon....
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady rad...
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions....
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions....
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its er...
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for....
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 so...
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was....
In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us....

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An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, o...
I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds we...
The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught....
The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of H...
I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing ...
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Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive....
Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reass...
I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the footbal...
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts....