Mark Twain Quotes
There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.Mark Twain
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.Mark Twain
It is easier to stay out than get out.Mark Twain
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.Mark Twain
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.Mark Twain
Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.Mark Twain
It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - - And less trouble. - Speech, 1906.Mark Twain
I have a prejudice against people who print things in a foreign language and add no translation. When I am the reader, and the other considers me able to do the translating myself, he pays me the quite a nice compliment - - But if he would do the translating for me I would try to get along without the compliment. A Tramp Abroad, 1880.Mark Twain
It is discouraging to try and penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it.Mark Twain
The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.Mark Twain
We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether they was made or just happened.Mark Twain
The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.Mark Twain
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.Mark Twain
The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible.Mark Twain
I never let schooling interfere with my education.Mark Twain
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles.. by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.Mark Twain
In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.Mark Twain
If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill always came together, who would escape hanging?Mark Twain
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.Mark Twain
Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.Mark Twain
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.Mark Twain
The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.Mark Twain
A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.Mark Twain
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.Mark Twain
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.Mark Twain
Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of his atlantic with his verb in his mouth.Mark Twain
Man will do many things to get himself loved he will do all things to get himself envied.Mark Twain
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.Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence then success is sure.Mark Twain
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.Mark Twain
Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.Mark Twain
A man is accepted into church for what he believes - - And turned out for what he knows.Mark Twain
Familiarity breeds contempt - And children.Mark Twain
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.Mark Twain
Few sinners are saved after the fiirst twenty minutes of a sermon.Mark Twain
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.Mark Twain
I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved it.Mark Twain
