Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes (32 quotations)

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

2. A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

3. A goal without a plan is just a wish. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

4. A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

5. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

6. Grown ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

7. Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

8. He who would travel happily must travel light. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

9. I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

10. If someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

11. 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-Exupery

12. It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

13. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

14. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

15. It is such a secret place, the land of tears. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

16. Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

17. Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

18. Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

19. Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

20. One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

21. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one allows himself to be tamed. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

22. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

23. The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

24. The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

25. The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery