Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

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...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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

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

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...

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...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

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

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

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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...

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....

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...