How are you inspiring people to yearn for the vast and endless sea?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery suggests:

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to go gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

  • Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer and pioneering aviator
    Asked by: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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