To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Work Quotes

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,...

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...

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...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

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...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

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

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

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...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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 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...

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...

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

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we 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...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.