It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up each time it's the getting up that counts.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Failure Quotes

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

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...

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,...

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.

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

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

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

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

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 it off one layer at a time, and...

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

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

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.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

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

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

Life is like a cobweb, not an organizational chart.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organizational chart.

Trust your husband, adore your husband, and get as much as you can in your...

Trust your husband, adore your husband, and get as much as you can in your...

Love is the answer, but while youre waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty...

Love is the answer, but while youre waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...