Carl Sandburg

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life • Patience • Perseverance

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.

Growth • Nature • Perseverance

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

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

Fortune • Gratitude • Life

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

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

Peace • Society • War

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

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

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

Existence • God • Life

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life • Perseverance

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Religion • Work

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Defeat • Humor • Learning

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Contentment • Desire • Happiness

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Dreams • Goals • Inspiration

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.

Human • Philosophy

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

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

Improvement • Perseverance • Sport

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

Friendship • Relationships • Trust

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.

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.

Determination • Priorities • Productivity