MARK TWAIN Best 35 Quotes?

 MARK TWAIN Best 35 Quotes?

MARK TWAIN

American writer 1835-1910

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.”

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”

“The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.”

“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”

“The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”

“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”

“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.”

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

“I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.”

“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, ‘I don’t know.'”

“The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.”

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

“The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”

“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won’t.”

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”