Quotes by Dag Hammarskjold

A successful lie is doubly a lie; an error which has to be corrected is a heavier burden than the truth. (Dag Hammarskjold)

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility. (Dag Hammarskjold)

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. (Dag Hammarskjold)

Do not look back. And do not dream about the future, either. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward- your destiny-are here and now. (Dag Hammarskjold)

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. (Dag Hammarskjold)

For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold)

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)

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. (Dag Hammarskjold)

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 radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason. (Dag Hammarskjold)

I never discuss discussions. (Dag Hammarskjold)