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.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

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

It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal

Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

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