22 quotes
"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."
- Carl Sandburg
Hope
"A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on."
- Carl Sandburg
Hope
"Someday theyll give a war and nobody will come."
- Carl Sandburg
Hope
"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent."
- Carl Sandburg
Self-awareness
"Ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?’"
- Carl Sandburg
Self-awareness
"The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring."
- Carl Sandburg
Happiness
"Nothing happens unless first we dream."
- Carl Sandburg
Inspiration
"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."
- Carl Sandburg
Motivation
"they'll give a war and nobody will come."
- Carl Sandburg
Adversity
"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
- Carl Sandburg
Creativity
"Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air."
- Carl Sandburg
Creativity
"The moon is friend for the lonesome to talk to."
- Carl Sandburg
Connection to Earth
"The Moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to."
- Carl Sandburg
Connection to Earth
"The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to."
- Carl Sandburg
Connection to Earth
"I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way."
- Carl Sandburg
Ambition
"In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning."
- Carl Sandburg
Optimism
"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."
- Carl Sandburg
Time Management
"Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you."
- Carl Sandburg
Time Management
"Money withers if you don’t know how to nurse it along: money flies away if you don’t know where to put it."
- Carl Sandburg
Wisdom
"I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, not just for tomorrow, but in the here and now."
- Carl Sandburg
Presence
"I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future."
- Carl Sandburg
Presence
"The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect."
- Carl Sandburg
Philosophy