Quotes by Mark Twain
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see, but the stubborn refuse to acknowledge.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Especially if the lie has a good press agent.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and tolerably helpful to people trying to escape their in-laws.
The older I get, the more I admire the fellow who invented the hammock.
When in doubt, tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Courage isn't the absence of fear, but the decision that something else is more important than fear.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. And then just… keep going.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Unless, of course, you're facing a particularly aggressive goose. Then, run.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter, unless you're trying to outrun a velocipede. Then it matters quite a bit.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. And the secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
The trouble ain't so much what folks know, but what they know that ain't so.
The trouble ain't that we don't know, it's that we know so much that ain't so.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
I have found that the art of writing is simply the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.
It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Unless, of course, you're ordering a sarsaparilla.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog that matters… unless the dog is a poodle. Then, all bets are off.
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret to staying ahead? Convincing everyone you knew the ending all along.
Good decisions are the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad decisions.
It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog that matters. So too with life; it's the spirit you bring, not your circumstance.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.
The trouble ain't that people are ignorant, but that they know so much that ain't so.
Never let schooling interfere with your education. Read widely, think deeply, and question everything.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. Procrastination is the thief of dreams.
The older I get, the more I distrust those who claim to know the future with certainty. A little doubt is a healthy thing.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.
Write what you know, but imagine what you wish you knew. The truth will find its way in.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
Don't let schooling interfere with your education. Learn from life, it's the greatest teacher.
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
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