Carl Sandburg

"I am the sum of all my yesterdays."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time."

"Simple people have a simple grace."

"In a world of lies, truth is revolutionary."

"Tomorrow is fresh with no mistakes in it yet."

"Love is a place where prejudice cannot survive."

"The hand that follows intellect can achieve."

"There is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life."

"I have loved the stars too fondly to fear the night."

"The mountains are calling and I must go."

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."

"All my life I've been trying to learn to read."

"In times of crisis, only imagination is more important than knowledge."

"I never lost faith because faith is not something you find, it finds you."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"The written word can be erased, but the spoken word lives forever in someone's heart."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"A good laugh is sunshine in a house."

"I have worn many hats in my lifetime."

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness."

"There is a time for gentle words and a time for sharp ones."

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life."

"Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas."

"I am riding on the morning star."

"Human nature is the most interesting thing we can study."

"The future is where our dreams go when they leave us."

"What is success but the accumulation of meaningful moments."

"I have always believed that the written word is sacred."