Quotees Archive

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

- Mark Twain

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

- Mark Twain

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

- Mark Twain

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

- Mark Twain

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.

- 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

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

- Mark Twain

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into smaller manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

- Mark Twain

There are a thousand excuses for failure, but never a good reason.

- 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 your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

- Mark Twain