Source Unknown Quotes

A collection of quotes by Source Unknown.

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It speaks volumes for a person that when placed in quite dif

It speaks volumes for a person that when placed in quite different situations, they display the same spirit of moderation.

Moderation

Make the mistakes of yesterday your lessons for today.

Make the mistakes of yesterday your lessons for today.

Mistakes

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't resp

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with errors.

Mistakes

Even moderation ought not to be practiced to excess.

Even moderation ought not to be practiced to excess.

Moderation

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.

Mistakes

It is said that only a fool learns from his own mistakes, a

It is said that only a fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man from the mistakes of others.

Mistakes

We don't make mistakes, we only have happy accidents.

We don't make mistakes, we only have happy accidents.

Mistakes

A man who never made a mistake, never made anything worth a

A man who never made a mistake, never made anything worth a darn.

Mistakes

A mistake at least proves that somebody stopped talking long

A mistake at least proves that somebody stopped talking long enough to DO something.

Mistakes

Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but

Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Prophecy

Temperance and labor are the two best virtues. Labor whets t

Temperance and labor are the two best virtues. Labor whets the appetite, temperance curbs it.

Virtue

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.

Prophecy

Non violence is the answer to the crucial political and mora

Non violence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.

Violence

Its marvelous what you can see when you open your eyes.

Its marvelous what you can see when you open your eyes.

Prophecy

The key to understanding others is to first understand yours

The key to understanding others is to first understand yourself

Understanding

Victory is a political fiction.

Victory is a political fiction.

Victory

People should know what you stand for. They should also know

People should know what you stand for. They should also know what you won't stand for.

Value

UNDERSTANDING does not necessarily mean AGREEMENT.

UNDERSTANDING does not necessarily mean AGREEMENT.

Understanding

A period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the cl

A period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need.

Vacations

The early twenties when we drank wood alcohol and every day

The early twenties when we drank wood alcohol and every day in every way grew better and better, and there was a first abortive shortening of the skirts, and girls all looked alike in sweater dresses, and people you didn't want to know said Yes, we have no bananas, and it seemed only a question of a few years before the older people would step aside and let the world be run by those who saw things as they were -- and it all seems rosy and romantic to us who were young then, because we will never feel quite so intensely about our surroundings any more.

Twentieth Century