Quotes of Mark Twain

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I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.

- Mark Twain

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“ After your first failure, the occurrence of a second failure closely depends on what you have learned from your past mistakes and whether or not you have drawn some valuable lessons. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you. ”

- Michael Faudet

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ A good idea always attracts other good ideas. ”

- Patrick Ness

“ I believe in love the verb, not the noun. ”

- Greg Behrendt

“ In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. ”

- Anne Frank

“ Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. ”

- Victor Frankl

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. ”

- Haruki Murakami

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Love is blind, they say–but isn’t it more that love makes us see too much? Isn’t it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher Eve Green

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ A heart filled with anger has no room for love. ”

- Joan Lunden

“ If ur laptop doesnt smell like fire then ur losing. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley