Inspirational Quotes by Mark Twain · Page 3

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

— Mark Twain

The ancients stole all our ideas from us.

— Mark Twain

Do something everyday that you don't want to do.

— Mark Twain

Love is madness, if thwarted it develops fast.

— Mark Twain

And how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking!

— Mark Twain

...majority Patriotism is the customary Patriotism.

— Mark Twain

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

— Mark Twain

Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.

— Mark Twain

There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.

— Mark Twain

If you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present.

— Mark Twain

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.

— Mark Twain

When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around.

— Mark Twain

“They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.”

— Mark Twain

It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them…

— Mark Twain

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government…

— Mark Twain

I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.

— Mark Twain

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not…

— Mark Twain

Irrevence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.

— Mark Twain

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.

— Mark Twain

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more…

— Mark Twain

An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

— Mark Twain

Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson.

— Mark Twain

Whiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues.

— Mark Twain

I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.

— Mark Twain

There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.

— Mark Twain

I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.

— Mark Twain

The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.

— Mark Twain

Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak.

— Mark Twain

Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.

— Mark Twain

And what is a man without energy? Nothing - nothing at all.

— Mark Twain

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.

— Mark Twain

The English are mentioned in the Bible; Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

— Mark Twain

The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality.

— Mark Twain

God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.

— Mark Twain

A soiled baby with a neglected nose cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.

— Mark Twain

Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.

— Mark Twain

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

— Mark Twain

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

— Mark Twain

There ain't no way to find out why a snorer can't hear himself snore.

— Mark Twain

I'm merely running some errands. This is now off the record.

— Mark Twain