Quotes by Carl Sandburg

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

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

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.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.