Tuesday, December 16, 2008

One of my very favorite quotes

I love a good quote. I hold a great quote in even higher esteem. Truth is truth, and sometimes it’s amazing what unique individual God will use to pen the reality of something on another’s soul.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French pilot and writer who only lived to the young age of forty-four, vanishing and allegedly perishing in his P-38 Lightning in 1944 while on a mission to gather intelligence about German troop movements in occupied France.

He was also a writer, and wrote and illustrated a children’s book, The Little Prince, in 1943. It has since gone on to become one of modern literature’s best selling books, translated in over 180 languages and selling more than 80 million copies.

Saint-Exupéry’s gift to me is this wonderful gem:


"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."