Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
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"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Quand tu veux construire un bateau, ne commence pas par rassembler du bois, couper des planches et distribuer du travail, mais reveille au sein des hommes le desir de la mer grande et large. If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Mais, dans la mort d’un homme, un monde inconnu meurt, et je me demandais quelles étaient les images qui sombraient en lui."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Love is not about staring at each other, but staring off in the same direction."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"A goal without a plan is just a wish."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me..."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"True love begins when nothing is looked for in return."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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