Source Unknown Quotes

A collection of quotes by Source Unknown.

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If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

Bravery

It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we th

It takes courage to attempt the impossible. What would we think of Moses today if when it was time to part the red sea, he had said Why don't you guys go build a bridge?

Bravery

A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.

Bravery

Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termi

Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites.

Bravery

The majority of people have not the courage to correct other

The majority of people have not the courage to correct others because they don't have the courage to bear correction themselves.

Reform Correction

A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

Bravery

If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If y

If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.

Help

We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but

We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

Help

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

Bravery

It is far more important that one's life should be perceived

It is far more important that one's life should be perceived than it should be transformed; for no sooner has it been perceived, than it transforms itself of its own accord.

Control

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.

Contentment

The moral duty to be expected in different ages is not a uni

The moral duty to be expected in different ages is not a unity of standard, or of acts, but a unity of tendency. At one time the benevolent affections embrace merely the family, soon the circle expanding includes first a class, then a nation, then a coalition of nations, then all humanity and finally, its influence is felt in the dealings of man with the animal world.

Help

When you can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow

When you can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear, you are near contentment.

Contentment

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.

Control

Some consultants are like the bottom half of a double boiler

Some consultants are like the bottom half of a double boiler: They get all heated up but don't know what's cooking.

Advice

Everybody has a hot button. Who is pushing yours? While you

Everybody has a hot button. Who is pushing yours? While you probably cannot control that person, you CAN control the way you react to them.

Control

Never give anyone total access to your pockets, your pockets

Never give anyone total access to your pockets, your pockets, your purse or your mind.

Control

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

Conversation

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.

Thought

A conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before yo

A conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before you can.

Conscience