Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

When you want to build a ship, then do not drum the men together in order to procure wood, to give instructions or to distribute the work, but teach them longing for the wide endless sea.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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• When you want to build a ship, then do not drum the men together in order to procure wood, to give instructions or to distribute the work, but teach them longing for the wide endless sea.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Sea
  • Teach
  • Build