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-ExuperyAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: french
- Born: June 29, 1900
- Died: July 31, 1944
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