Mark Twain Quotes (109+)

Enjoy the best Mark Twain Quotes. Quotations by Mark Twain (American Humorist and Writer)
Nov 30, 1835 - Apr 21, 1910

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.

Happiness is a Swedish sunset it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

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 safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

A person who is obsessed with a new idea will calm down only by implementing it.

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

“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.”

About the Author

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) was a legendary American writer, humorist, and entrepreneur. Called 'the father of American literature,' his classics 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn' remain globally celebrated for their wit and social commentary.