Sunday Citar

by Hopeful Spirit on Sunday, July 12, 2009

Today I am par­tic­i­pat­ing in Sun­day Citar for the first time. It is a weekly meme hosted by Tabitha in which par­tic­i­pants share a favorite quote.

Until recently, my tag line here was a quote from Dag Ham­mer­skjöld, who served as the U.N. Secretary-General from 1953 until his tragic death in 1961. Pres­i­dent John F. Kennedy called him “the great­est states­man of our cen­tury” and he remains the only per­son to have received a Nobel Peace Prize posthu­mously. After his death, his diary was pub­lished. Therein, he described him­self as a Chris­t­ian mys­tic who viewed his diplo­matic endeav­ors as an “inner jour­ney.” Ham­mer­skjöld said:

Never look down to test the ground before tak­ing your next step;
only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far hori­zon will find the right road.

To see the list of other par­tic­i­pants and read the quotes they are shar­ing today, visit Fresh Mommy.


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{ 28 comments }

1 Shaye July 12, 2009 at 3:22 pm

Welcome to Sunday Citar. And wow, what a profound quote. The photo is gorgeous, too!

Thank you,

~Shaye
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2 septembermom July 12, 2009 at 3:27 pm

The quote is so thought provoking. Truly wise advice as we venture out through life. Thank you for your kind comment on my blog:)
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3 Muthering Heights July 12, 2009 at 4:25 pm

That’s a great quote!

4 Boomer July 12, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Very nice! And welcome to Sunday Citar!!!

I’m late commenting and linking tonight because I had some computer troubles. But I do love Sunday Citar!!! Have a great week and come see me some time! ?
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5 Boomer July 12, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Very nice! And welcome to Sunday Citar!!!

I’m late commenting and linking tonight because I had some computer troubles. But I do love Sunday Citar!!! Have a great week and come see me some time!
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6 Boomer July 12, 2009 at 7:21 pm

Very nice! And welcome to Sunday Citar!

I am late commenting and linking tonight because I had some computer troubles. But I do love Sunday Citar!

Have a great week and come see me some time!
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7 Boomer July 12, 2009 at 7:23 pm

;-) Very nice! And welcome to Sunday Citar!
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8 Caroline July 12, 2009 at 10:30 pm

I really love this quote…it will give me much to think about today.
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9 Amber for love notes July 13, 2009 at 6:30 am

first welcome welcom and for your very first quote it’s one I deeply admire. I love how you explain everything.

10 Tabitha Blue July 13, 2009 at 7:45 am

Oh this is a great quote!! So good! Great choice, and glad you joined in!

:)
~Tabitha
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11 James July 13, 2009 at 11:02 pm

Very nice quote! Loads of thoughts to take on board!

12 Jimson July 14, 2009 at 8:49 pm

Quite simple and very much teaching. Nice quote and i hope people learn something from it. :mrgreen:

13 Stanley July 15, 2009 at 7:14 am

You seem to enjoy writing a lot and i hope that you continue to do so in the near future. :mrgreen:
All your post i read all seem to be touching

14 Daniel da Silva July 15, 2009 at 9:49 pm

:shock: Writing so much beautiful posts is not so easy and i know that many people appreciate you writing skills. You write unimaginably well as you tend to touch peoples emotions. ;-)

15 Rayhan July 15, 2009 at 9:50 pm

I also do believe “There are always hope.” Thanks for the nice post. I will keep it as my bookmark.

16 Mike July 16, 2009 at 2:34 am

Why the hell am i getting fan of you i cannot control myself for appraising you because your writing style has touched me !you are really a great writer why dont you try it on the world level competition ?i am sure you will succeed in it! :!: :idea:
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17 markus July 18, 2009 at 5:40 am

you have a very good writing style i liked it really very cool!touched my heart & sense of feeling!thanks for it!

18 manuel July 20, 2009 at 1:44 am

:smile: You are a simple and great writer and i am sure that many people would agree to me. The pic also is simply awesome.
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19 Tom from Fiberblend July 20, 2009 at 4:09 am

Very profound and very true (unless you are walking on a cliff edge!) but I think having a quote that you like and having a set of ideals that you live by can be two different things – its much harder to remind to yourself of it in everday life.
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20 Alan photography July 23, 2009 at 4:20 am

nice photo
great
good sharing

21 Kate Clifford July 23, 2009 at 11:11 am

Great pics, great posts, if you could just give us more… that would be wonderful :D

22 Sam Robson July 23, 2009 at 11:12 am

Very nice quote! Loads of thoughts to take on board!

23 Gent July 25, 2009 at 2:45 am

Grand Canyon link image is broken. The image here has only 800×600 size. I love it, I want it on full resolution. Can you fix it?
Thanks a lot! :P

24 Hopeful Spirit July 25, 2009 at 5:40 am

I just went to http://www.morguefile.com and the entire site is down. There is a message saying that they are having technical difficulties. Since the whole site is down, the links to individual images will not work, either, so there is no other link I can provide you. Just check again when the site returns to functionality and, hopefully, the link to that page will work then.

HS

25 Edward July 31, 2009 at 12:57 am

The girl seems to express her thoughts freely.

26 Anonymous August 1, 2009 at 7:37 am

doesn’t that picture just make you want to pack away the computer, fill a rusksack with some treats, get the hiking boots on and get outside and enjoy the fresh air! My computer is going off….now!

27 Anonymous August 1, 2009 at 7:39 am

This quote and especially the picture just makes you want to get outside and enjoy the fresh air! i’m off to do that right now – thanks!

28 Anonymous August 5, 2009 at 11:14 am

I agree with this quote and the picture is awesome – however its also important to ensure that goal is not selfish and you look down to consider the views/emotions of others as well as your own path

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