Source Unknown Quotes

A collection of quotes by Source Unknown.

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Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves -- that's the truth

Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves -- that's the truth. We have two or three great moving experiences in our lives -- experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time that anyone else has been so caught up and pounded and dazzled and astonished and beaten and broken and rescued and illuminated and rewarded and humbled in just that way ever before.

Authors & Writing

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer wr

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.

Authors & Writing

Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leav

Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meager.

Authors & Writing

Nobody knows what a boy is worth. We'll have to wait and see

Nobody knows what a boy is worth. We'll have to wait and see. But every man in a noble place a boy once used to be.

Worth

When the well's dry, they know the worth of water.

When the well's dry, they know the worth of water.

Worth

Nothing is worth making that does not make the man.

Nothing is worth making that does not make the man.

Worth

You don't write because you want to say something; you write

You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say.

Authors & Writing

Principal is a passion for truth!

Principal is a passion for truth!

Principles

Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity desires the esteem o

Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity desires the esteem of others.

Pride

Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which sepa

Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.

Pride

Swallowing your pride seldom leads to indigestion

Swallowing your pride seldom leads to indigestion

Pride

Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.

Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.

Pride

Every big problem was at one time a wee disturbance.

Every big problem was at one time a wee disturbance.

Problems

We should be ashamed of our pride, but never proud of our sh

We should be ashamed of our pride, but never proud of our shame.

Pride

We can live forever, a minute at a time.

We can live forever, a minute at a time.

Present

Look well to this day, for it, and it alone is life.

Look well to this day, for it, and it alone is life.

Present

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Present

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Present

The trouble with measurement is its seeming simplicity.

The trouble with measurement is its seeming simplicity.

Simplicity

Everything is simpler than you think and yet more complex th

Everything is simpler than you think and yet more complex than you imagine.

Simplicity