Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Mark Twain Quotes

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ExperienceGrowthSuffering A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
ChangeHabitImprovementPerceptionSelf Reflection Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
HumilityIntegrityMerit It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
AppreciationHumilityStriving For More I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
DeliberationMindReflectionThought I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
AuthenticityGenuinenessHeart Over MindLove When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
NaturePower Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
CourageMoral CouragePhysical Courage It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
DelayHumorProcrastination Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
InnovationPerseverance A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
DiligenceEffortPreparation It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
AuthenticitySatisfactionSelf-ApprovalSelf-ImageSelf-Judgment A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
ClimateCompanyHeavenHellLifestyle Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
ConsequenceGuidanceMissing OpportunitiesRedemptionRegret Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
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.
ChangePerseverancePersonal GrowthResilienceSelf-awareness Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
EducationHygieneLong-term ImpactSocietal Change Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
EducationFoodHumor Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Human NatureSelf-awarenessShame Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.
NecessityTaking Chances Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
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?
Self-awarenessSocial PerceptionTimeVanity When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
EthicsHonestyIntegrityMoneyPragmatism Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
CompanionshipJoySharing Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
ChallengeExcellenceGrowth Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
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.
ConflictMaterialismMoneyPovertySocial Issues The lack of money is the root of all evil.
AuthenticityDirectnessExperience Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
FictionPossibilityRealityTruth Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
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.