“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: life
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Time is the coin of your life.
“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
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: life
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I stayed away from mathematics not so
“I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: work
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I tell you the past is a
“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
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: movingon
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In these times you have to be
“In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: morning
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All human actions are equivalent… and all
“All human actions are equivalent… and all are on principle doomed to failure.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: failure
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When a nation goes down, or a
“When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: society
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When a nation goes down, or a
“When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: society
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and
“Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: poetry
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Time is the coin of your life.
“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
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: time
Tags: time, Carl Sandburg
I tell you the past is a
“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
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: future
Tags: future, Carl Sandburg