Life Quotes by Mark Twain

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

— Mark Twain

There is no such thing as an ordinary life.

— Mark Twain

Life is but a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream.

— Mark Twain

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

— Mark Twain

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

— Mark Twain

Some of the worst things in my life never even happened.

— Mark Twain

The only certainties in life are death and taxes.

— Mark Twain

Most of the things I worried about in life never happened.

— Mark Twain

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.

— Mark Twain

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

— Mark Twain

“the easiest way to get along in life is to not cause too many quarrels”

— Mark Twain

I've dealt with many crises in my life, but few will ever happen.

— Mark Twain

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

— Mark Twain

I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.

— Mark Twain

“Don't go around thinking the world owes you a living. It was here first.”

— Mark Twain

To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin That makes calamity of so long life;

— Mark Twain

When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to…

— Mark Twain

“Darwin abolished special creations, contributed the Origin of Species and hitched all life together in one unbroken procession.”

— Mark Twain

Marriage -- yes, it is the supreme felicity of life. I concede it. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life.…

— Mark Twain

“Nothing exists; all is a dream. God—man—the world—the sun, the moon, the wilderness of stars—a dream, all a dream; they have no…

— Mark Twain

Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe…

— Mark Twain

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through…

— Mark Twain

Life should begin with age and it's privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and it's capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.

— Mark Twain

What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval.

— Mark Twain

There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a…

— Mark Twain

The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know this by my own experience, & to…

— Mark Twain

A little more kindness, A little less speed, A little more giving, A little less greed, A little more smile, A little…

— Mark Twain

If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material…

— Mark Twain

As soon as a man recognizes that he has drifted into age, he gets reminiscent. He wants to talk and talk; and…

— Mark Twain

When grown-up persons indulge in practical jokes, the fact gauges them. They have lived narrow, obscure, and ignorant lives, and at full…

— Mark Twain

In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who…

— Mark Twain

“Everybody granted that if "Tom" were white and free it would be unquestionably right to punish him--it would be no loss to…

— Mark Twain

The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in woman's construction, is this: There shall be no limit put upon your intercourse…

— Mark Twain

“Well, I will tell you, and you must understand if you can. You belong to a singular race. Every man is a…

— Mark Twain

“Tom felt that it was time to wake up; this sort of life might be romantic enough, in his blighted condition, but…

— Mark Twain

“I've just come to my room, Livy darling, I guess this was the memorable night of my life. By George, I never…

— Mark Twain

“Among you boys you have a game: you stand a row of bricks on end a few inches apart; you push a…

— Mark Twain

There is in life only one moment and in eternity only one. It is so brief that it is represented by the…

— Mark Twain

“Now it is true that I could have learned without a teacher, but it would have been risky for me, because of…

— Mark Twain

“The boys were amazed that I could make such a poem as that out of my own head, and so was I,…

— Mark Twain