Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

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.

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...

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

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

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.

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

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...

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,...

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...