A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He does not say "My men were beaten " he says "I was beaten."

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He does not say "My men were beaten " he says "I was beaten."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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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.

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But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.

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Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.

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She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might snare him in a fragile net of music, love and flowers, but, at each departure, he would break forth without, it seemed to her, the least regret.

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No one is ever satisfied where he is....Only the children know what they’re looking for....

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All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.

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A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

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Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.

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When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

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