Mark Twain Quotes

1.The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

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

3.Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

4.If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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

6.A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

7.Happiness is a Swedish sunset — it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.

8.Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.

9.When in doubt, tell the truth.

10.Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

11.The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

12.There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

13.Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

14.To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

15.Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

16.The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

17.I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

18.Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

19.The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

20.Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.

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

22.The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

23.Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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

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