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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

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

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

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

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

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

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

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

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

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.

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

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...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

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

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

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

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 secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society....

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society....

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.