It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.
by Mark Twain
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.
It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
- Mark Twain (attributed)
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Sayings by Mark Twain
Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.
- Mark Twain
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
- Mark Twain
Great people are those who make others feel
that they, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
- Mark Twain
The human race has one really effective weapon,
and that is laughter.
- Mark Twain
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds
on the heel that has crushed it.
- Mark Twain
It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear,
and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain
If you do what you've always done,
you'll get what you always got.
- Mark Twain
The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else up.
- Mark Twain
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
- Mark Twain
Why not go out on a limb?
Isn't that where the fruit is?
- Mark Twain
Comedy keeps the heart sweet.
- Mark Twain
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience:
this is the ideal life.
- Mark Twain
The fear of death follows from the fear of life.
A man who lives fully, is prepared to die at any time.
- Mark Twain
We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks-
if we agree with him.
- Mark Twain
A person with a new idea is
a crank until the idea succeeds.
- Mark Twain
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side
which he never shows to anybody.
- Mark Twain
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
- Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm
to the vessel in which it is stored
than to anything on which it is poured.
- Mark Twain
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
- Mark Twain
When we remember we are all mad,
the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
- Mark Twain
Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain
Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
- Mark Twain
Habit is habit,
and not to be flung out of the window by any man,
but coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.
- Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
Get the facts first.
You can distort them later.
- Mark Twain
Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW
is only a small step and quickly taken.
- Mark Twain
It's not what you don't know that kills you,
it's what you know for sure that ain't true.
- Mark Twain
Travel is fatal to bigotry, prejudice, and narrow-mindedness.
- Mark Twain
The most interesting information comes from children,
for they tell all they know and then stop.
- Mark Twain
Clothes make the man.
Naked people have little or no influence on society.
- Mark Twain
Always do the right thing.
It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
- Mark Twain
What work I have done I have done because it has been play.
If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
- Mark Twain
The very ink with which all history
is written is merely fluid prejudice.
- Mark Twain
Few things are harder to put up with
than the annoyance of a good example.
- Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may still exist,
but you have ceased to live.
- Mark Twain
Never try to teach a pig to sing.
It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig.
- Mark Twain
When all is said and done,
the one sole condition that makes
spiritual happiness and preserves it
is the absence of doubt.
- Mark Twain
Never put off till tomorrow
what you can do the day after tomorrow.
- Mark Twain
Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community,
and I'll tell you what his opinions are.
- Mark Twain
(paraphrase)
The trouble with the world is not
that people know too little,
but that they know so many things that ain't so.
- Mark Twain
Truth is stranger than fiction,
but that is because Fiction is obliged
to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
- Mark Twain
It is curious - curious that physical courage
should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
- Mark Twain
The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come,
not of booky teaching, but of experience.
- Mark Twain
You Sayings
You are never too old to set another goal
or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis
It is the friends you can call up at 4 A.M. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich
You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Faith is taking the first step,
even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
- Dolly Parton
Choose the World You See,
and See the World You Choose.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
How do you want to be remembered?
Live life full out - Begin today.
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The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
- Joseph Campbell
Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
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I love you just the way you are.
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Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go, radiate kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you aren't in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey
Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
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Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha
A well-developed sense of humor
is the pole that adds balance to your steps,
as you walk the tightrope of life.
- William Arthur Ward
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
- Tom Peters
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you want to be happy, be.
- Leo Tolstoy
A friend is someone who knows all about you,
and loves you just the same.
- Elbert Hubbard
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