Mark Twain Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Mark Twain quotes, Mark Twain sayings, and Mark Twain proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. Mark Twain
He was a very inferior farmer when he first begun ... and he is now fast rising from affluence to poverty. Mark Twain
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. Mark Twain
I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have got so much more of it. Mark Twain
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you. Mark Twain
I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly. Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in the sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
Always do things right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
They have three Sundays a week in Tangier. the Muhammadans' comes on Friday, the Jews' on Saturday, and that of the Christian Consuls on Sunday. Mark Twain
Love: the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. Mark Twain
Surely, if anything is proven by whole oceans and continents of evidence, it is the quality of independence was almost wholly left out of the human race. Mark Twain
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Mark Twain
We're having the same old thing for Christmas dinner this year...relatives. Mark Twain
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Mark Twain
The river has great wisdom and whispers it's secrets to the hearts of men. Mark Twain
December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February. 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
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Mark Twain
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. Mark Twain
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be Pirates. Mark Twain
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life. Mark Twain
It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death. Mark Twain
You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns. Mark Twain
It is in the heart that the values lie. I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches, and riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty. Mark Twain
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. Mark Twain