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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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

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

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

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

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

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

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

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

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or...

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or...

Life is trying things to see if they work.

Life is trying things to see if they work.