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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“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ I've always kept one emotional suitcase packed. With you, I live out of one, every day, and I keep a cab on speed dial. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Your past, including your failures, simply offers feedback that makes you wiser and stronger than before. ”

- Brittany Burgunder

“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ I want to stand in front Allah proud of how well I treated back in dunya. ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

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

- Ernest Shackleton

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. ”

- Timothy Keller

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?? ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ A blooming relationship even if it’s someone else’s, makes me so happy and reinstates my faith in love... ”

- Nitya Prakash

“ Fake it 'till you make it. ”

- Gayle Forman

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ 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

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ A good idea always attracts other good ideas. ”

- Patrick Ness

“ The pillow looked astonished, wondering what ended the late night river that used to run through it, but only he knows that she is the reason ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax