Mark Twain Quotes

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American writer, lecturer and humorist
1835-1910

  • Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
  • I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.
  • Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
  • It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
  • To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
  • Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
  • Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
  • The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
  • It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
  • Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
  • The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
  • A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
  • Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
  • Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
  • Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

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