This page includes 50 of the most famous Mark Twain quotes from his lectures, conversations and journalistic articles. Samuel Clemens used several pen names before humorously settling on ‘Mark Twain,’ the call made by Mississippi river boatmen gauging the depth of the river. He is the author of what some regard as the Great American Novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Here are some of them:
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.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life
The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.
Do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things 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.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
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