Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people. — Mark Twain Approval Copy Share Image
Great enterprises usually promise vastly more than they perform. — Mark Twain Business Copy Share Image
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness. — Mark Twain Happiness Copy Share Image
If you need help identifying actionable analytics check out this post. — Mark Twain Analytics Copy Share Image
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy. — Mark Twain Boys Copy Share Image
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Shut the door not that it lets in the cold but that it lets out the coziness. — Mark Twain Cold Copy Share Image
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I can't do no literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of… — Mark Twain Children Copy Share Image
“NOTICE Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is sound statesmanship to add two battleships every time our neighbour adds one and two stories to our skyscrapers every time… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear, Tom was whitewashing with vigor, and… — Mark Twain Humor Copy Share Image
A banquet is probably the most fatiguing thing in the world except ditchdigging. It is the insanest of all recreations. The inventor… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whenever he was out of luck and a little down-hearted, he would fall to mourning over the loss of a wonderful cat… — Mark Twain Cat Copy Share Image
In other localities certain places in the streams are much better than others, but at Niagara one place is just as good… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that… — Mark Twain Adversity Copy Share Image
Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Stars are good, too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You… — Mark Twain Astronomy Copy Share Image
In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in… — Mark Twain Age Copy Share Image
People who always feel jolly, no matter where they are or what happens to themwho have the organ of hope preposterously developedwho… — Mark Twain Bright side Copy Share Image
“His heaven is like himself: strange, interesting, astonishing, grotesque. I give you my word, it has not a single feature in it… — Mark Twain Heaven Copy Share Image
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I've had a very difficult life. Fortunately, most of it didn't happen.” — Mark Twain Difficult life Copy Share Image
“Today the same thing over. I've got it up the tree again.” — Mark Twain Battle of the sexes Copy Share Image
