Carl Sandburg Quotes

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
Carl Sandburg

Life, God, Opinion

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Carl Sandburg

Funny, Idealist

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
Carl Sandburg

Time, Life, Spend

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I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
Carl Sandburg

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.
Carl Sandburg

Moving On, Future, Live

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Carl Sandburg

Motivational, Good, Win

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Carl Sandburg

Anger, Nothing, Against

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
Carl Sandburg

Life, Best, Unexpected

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.
Carl Sandburg

Society, Lost, May

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Carl Sandburg

Poetry, Dance, Shadow

Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Carl Sandburg

Nothing, Dream, Happens

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
Carl Sandburg

Through, Three, Talking

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
Carl Sandburg

Through, Talk, Throw

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
Carl Sandburg

Work, Live, Hard

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.
Carl Sandburg

Society, Morning, Eyes

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
Carl Sandburg

Life, Time, Sometimes

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Carl Sandburg

Joy, Keep, Hands

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
Carl Sandburg

Happiness, Secret, Admire

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
Carl Sandburg

Wisdom, Laughter, Defeat

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
Carl Sandburg

New Year's, Doubt, Party

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.
Carl Sandburg

Poetry, Through, Leaving

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
Carl Sandburg

Friend, Talk, Moon

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
Carl Sandburg

Respect, Sea, Language

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
Carl Sandburg

Wants, Eagle, Mud

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
Carl Sandburg

Girl, Enough, Her

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: January 6, 1878

Died: July 22, 1967

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