Source Unknown Quotes

A collection of quotes by Source Unknown.

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Backbone beats wishbone every time.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

Action(s)

Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they

Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they're a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. It's like actors, who try so pathetically not to look in mirrors. Who lean back ward trying -- only to see their faces in the reflecting chandeliers.

Authors & Writing

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth and I supp

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth and I suppose for older people the love of youth in others.

Youth

To look is one thing, to see what you look at is another, to

To look is one thing, to see what you look at is another, to understand what you see is a third, to learn from what you understand is still something else, but to act on what you learn is all that really matters! How do I act?

Action(s)

The good thing about being young is that you are not experie

The good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.

Youth

God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.

God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.

Ability

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Youth

What the mind attends to, the mind considers. What the mind

What the mind attends to, the mind considers. What the mind constantly considers, the mind believes. What the mind believes, the mind eventually does.

Action(s)

Do it now. Then it's done.

Do it now. Then it's done.

Action(s)

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there st

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

Action(s)

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

Action(s)

None of us are responsible for all the things that happen to

None of us are responsible for all the things that happen to us, but we are responsible for the way we act when they do happen.

Action(s)

Some people would rather be wrong than quiet for a minute.

Some people would rather be wrong than quiet for a minute.

Right

If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that wel

If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.

Management

Manners are happy ways of doing things.

Manners are happy ways of doing things.

Manners

Whether a fellow winds up with a nest egg or a goose egg dep

Whether a fellow winds up with a nest egg or a goose egg depends a heap on the kind of chick he married.

Marriage

Anyone can be polite to a king. It takes a gentleman to be p

Anyone can be polite to a king. It takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar.

Manners

An executive is someone who talks with visitors so the other

An executive is someone who talks with visitors so the other employees can get their work done.

Management

Successful Project Management: PLAN, EXECUTE, EVALUATE Sound

Successful Project Management: PLAN, EXECUTE, EVALUATE Sounds simple, but most projects aren't well planned nor are they evaluated well. The tendency is to jump right into execution and as soon as execution is completed (which usually isn't soon), move on to the next project without evaluating what happen on the present project and what could have been improved. Successful project management requires more front and back end resources (and less middle) than are usually allocated.

Management

The one who loves least controls the relationship.

The one who loves least controls the relationship.

Love