Carl Sandburg Quotes

    Nothing happens unless first we dream.
    Carl Sandburg
    Famous Quotes
    There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted.
    Carl Sandburg
    Philosophy
    Yesterday is done. Tomorrow never comes. Today is here. If you don't know what to do, sit still and listen. You may hear something. Nobody knows. We may pull apart the petals of a rose or make chemical analysis of its perfume, but the mystic beauty of its form and odor is still a secret, locked in to where we have no keys.
    Carl Sandburg
    Nature
    I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
    Carl Sandburg
    Inspirational
    I am the people — the mob — the crowd — the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?
    Carl Sandburg
    Society
    Hog Butcher for the World, City of the Big Shoulders.
    Carl Sandburg
    Business
    The fog comes on silent haunches, and then moves on.
    Carl Sandburg
    Nature
    I want the respect of intelligent men but I will choose for myself the intelligent. I love art but I decide for myself what is art. I adore beauty but only my own soul shall tell me what is beauty. I worship God but I define and describe God for myself. I am an individual. The pleasure of my own heart shall be first to inform me when I have done good work.
    Carl Sandburg
    Individuality
    I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
    Carl Sandburg
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