Inspirational quotes

Ch.#1-Mark Twain

Mark Twain

"Books are the liberated spirits of men." -Mark Twain

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -Mark Twain

"Do your duty today and repent tomorrow." -Mark Twain

"If books are not good company, where will I find it?" -Mark Twain

"A full belly is little worth where the mind is starved." -Mark Twain

"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits" -Mark Twain

"Character is the architect of achievements." -Mark Twain

"The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds." - Mark Twain

"Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it." - Mark Twain

"If you tell truth you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain

"When in doubt‚ tell the truth." - Mark Twain

"There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus." - Mark Twain

"There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist‚ except an old optimist." - Mark Twain

"Honor is a harder master than law." - Mark Twain

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect)." - Mark Twain

"Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well." - Mark Twain

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

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." – Mark Twain

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." – Mark Twain

"In a good book room you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them." – Mark Twain

"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
― Mark Twain

"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
― Mark Twain

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
― Mark Twain

"God created war so that Americans would learn geography."
― Mark Twain

"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option."
― Mark Twain

"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
― Mark Twain

"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

"Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government when it deserves it."
― Mark Twain

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
― Mark Twain

"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."
― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

"Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else."
― Mark Twain

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
― Mark Twain

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
― Mark Twain

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

- Mark Twain

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."

-Mark Twain

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

- Mark Twain

"My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water. "
-Mark Twain