Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Failure Quotes

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

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...

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...

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...