Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quotes

Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1. Language learning

   “Words are the source of misunderstandings.”

   – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince (1943)

   Meaning: The fox in The Little Prince warns that talking can confuse people. Sometimes being together quietly says more than words.

2. Love

   “Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”

   – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)

   Meaning: Real love is not only about looking at each other romantically. It is about sharing goals and facing the world as a team.

   consist in

   – have as its main part

   gazing

   – looking at something for a long time

3. Leadership & work

   “If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

   – Often attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

   Meaning: Giving people orders is less powerful than giving them a dream. When people truly want the goal, they will find the way to do the work.

   drum up

   – gather or call together

   long for

   – want something very much

   immensity

   – very great size