65 Posts found for Author: Unknown

A person who lies merely hides the truth, while a person who tells half-lies has forgotten where he put the truth.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Perception | Observation, Psychology | Behavior

Only marry a man who adores you; never marry a work in progress.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Advice, Love

To comprehend all is to forgive all.

Author: Unknown | Subject: Wisdom

It is easy to make waves, it is hard to make progress.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Action | Accomplishment, Life & Society

Nothing can screw up the hearing like the male ego.

Author: Unknown | Subject: Psychology | Behavior

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Ability | Skill, Action | Accomplishment

The true measure of a man’s character is how well he treats those people who cannot possibly help him.

Author: Unknown | Subject: Character

Humble people don’t think less of themselves – they just think more of other people.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Character, Psychology | Behavior

I’ve learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sing “Silent Night.”
Age 6

I’ve learned that our dog doesn’t want to eat my broccoli either.
Age 7

I’ve learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back.
Age 9

I’ve learned that just when … [ Read more ]

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Insight, Inspiration, Wisdom

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Gratitude, Imagination

The purpose of life is to find your gift. The meaning of life is to give it away.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement, Philosophy

Humility is admitting that I don’t know the whole story. Compassion is recognizing that you don’t know it either.

Author: Unknown | Subject: Psychology | Behavior

A famous psychiatrist said, the most useful concept he had discovered for helping people turn their lives around was what he called his “four little words.” The first two were if only. “Many of my patients have spent their lives living in the past, anguishing about what they should have done in various situations. ‘If only I had stayed in school…’ ‘If only I had … [ Read more ]

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior

A blank piece of paper is an opportunity to find out what you think.

Author: Unknown | Source: Dylan Thomas? (I had that in my notes but I cannot find this quotation online so leaving unattributed for now) | Subject: Thought | Inquiry

Men grant and withdraw their love according to their whims, but fear is a hand that rests on their shoulders in a way they can never shake.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Fear, Love

There is an Indian tale that goes like this. At the beginning of time God decided to give humans the highest form of power, which belonged to God himself. Of course, humans decided to misuse and abuse that power. Later, God decided that he wanted to reserve this power for just those who earned it. So God decided to call a meeting with his angels. … [ Read more ]

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Wisdom

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been.’

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Philosophy, Poetry

How can you wonder your travels do you no good, when you carry yourself around with you? You are saddled with the very thing that drove you away.

Author: Unknown | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Travel

Don’t judge others by their behavior and yourself by your intentions.

Author: Unknown | Subject: Wisdom

A wise man listening to a fool will learn more than a fool listening to a wise man.

Author: Unknown | Subject: Wisdom