Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Mark Twain Quotes
ConcisenessEditingWriting Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
DeliberationMindReflectionThought I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
EducationHygieneLong-term ImpactSocietal Change Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
CompassionCondemnationMercyPrayer But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
CompanionshipJoySharing Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
ChangeHabitImprovementPerceptionSelf Reflection Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Character Authenticity In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.
ChallengeExcellenceGrowth Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Self-awarenessSocial PerceptionTimeVanity When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
HumilityIntegrityMerit It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
ExperienceGrowthSuffering A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
AuthenticityGenuinenessHeart Over MindLove When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
CharacterEccentricityIndividuality She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
ChangePerseverancePersonal GrowthResilienceSelf-awareness Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
AuthenticitySatisfactionSelf-ApprovalSelf-ImageSelf-Judgment A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
DiligenceEffortPreparation It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
AppreciationHumilityStriving For More I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.