Source Unknown Quotes

A collection of quotes by Source Unknown.

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Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

Determination

Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.

Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.

Patience

A man's limitations are not the things he wants to do and ca

A man's limitations are not the things he wants to do and can t; they are the things he ought to do but doesn't. The difficult we will do eventually, the impossible will just take a little more time.

Determination

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apolog

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.

Genius

Eighteen might look at thirty-four through a rising mist of

Eighteen might look at thirty-four through a rising mist of adolescence; but twenty-two would see thirty-eight with discerning clarity.

Generations

The young sailor at sea was ordered to climb a mast to adjus

The young sailor at sea was ordered to climb a mast to adjust a sail during a violent storm. He got halfway up, looked down, got dizzy and sick. An old sailor on deck shouted up to him Look up, son, look up. Young sailor looked up, regained his composure, and completed his mission. Moral: Look ahead, not back.

Future

A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagree

A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable.

Gentlemen

If you're a generous person you'll have no trouble admitting

If you're a generous person you'll have no trouble admitting that somebody else is good. If you're a better person you'll find it's total impossibility.

Generosity

The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what yo

The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share

Charity

We have inherited the past; we can create the future.

We have inherited the past; we can create the future.

Future

There is one subtle but important difference between genius

There is one subtle but important difference between genius and stupidity and that is that genius has its limits. You'll see yourself clearest in the eyes of your friends.

Genius

So few people think. When we find one who really does, we ca

So few people think. When we find one who really does, we call him a genius

Genius

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Genius

Imagine a baseball thrown thru the air. A high speed camera

Imagine a baseball thrown thru the air. A high speed camera takes pictures of it showing very great detail -- names, laces, etc. Someone shows you a picture -- can you tell what direction it is travelling? or even if it is moving? NO. You would have to know where it was thrown FROM to know what direction it is going. In times of high change, it's good to know a little bit about the PAST to understand the present freeze frame of the NOW and project to some degree of accuracy where we are GOING (The Future).

Future

We all need to take great interest in the future because we

We all need to take great interest in the future because we will spend the rest of our life there.

Future

Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to dra

Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits.

Friends

Whatever your past has been your future is spotless.

Whatever your past has been your future is spotless.

Future

The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolut

The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolutely sure that he's dead.

Funerals

Some people never head a procession until they're dead.

Some people never head a procession until they're dead.

Funerals

Friendship is like vitamins, we supplement each other's mini

Friendship is like vitamins, we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements

Friends