Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, humorist, and philosopher. He is best known for his novels “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” which are widely regarded as American literary classics. Twain was a master of satire, wit, and humor, and his quotes are still relevant today. Here are 36 quotes from Mark Twain that are worth listening to.
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
- “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
- “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
- “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.”
- “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
- “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
- “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
- “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
- “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
- “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
- “The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
- “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”
- “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
- “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
- “The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.”
- “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re misinformed.”
- “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
- “In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
- “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.”
- “When in doubt, tell the truth.”
- “There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.”
- “The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”
- “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”
- “A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
- “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
- “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.”
- “The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
- “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
- “Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
- “Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”
- “The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”
- “The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun