Mark Twain Quotes

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

• risk
• chance

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

• courage

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.

• people skills
• mood

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

• conscience

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

• habit

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

• revolution
• patriotism

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.

• humor

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

• writing

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

• speech
• silence