Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
Dag Hammarskjold

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
Dag Hammarskjold

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
Dag Hammarskjold

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

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
Dag Hammarskjold

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
Dag Hammarskjold

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

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
Dag Hammarskjold

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
Dag Hammarskjold

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
Dag Hammarskjold

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
Dag Hammarskjold

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
Dag Hammarskjold

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
Dag Hammarskjold

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
Dag Hammarskjold

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
Dag Hammarskjold

The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
Dag Hammarskjold

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
Dag Hammarskjold

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 errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
Dag Hammarskjold

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.
Dag Hammarskjold

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
Dag Hammarskjold