“I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.”
Religion
“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
HappinessAll Quotes by Carl Sandburg
“To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.”
Work“I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
Funny“I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.”
Age“The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.”
Respect“Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.”
War“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.”
Future“I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.”
Trust“Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.”
Wisdom“I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.”
Work“Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.”
Time“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”
Poetry“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.”
Poetry“I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.”
Poetry“Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.”
Poetry“All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.”
Failure“To be a good loser is to learn how to win.”
Good“Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.”
Work“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
Happiness“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.”
Life