Mark Twain

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

We have the best government that money can buy.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

There’s never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.

People do make their luck by daring to follow their instincts, taking risks and embracing every possibility.

We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Sometimes Tina Fey is like a very talented bungee-jumping expert. All it takes Tina to softly say, ‘We can do this, right?’ and I suddenly feel like I can jump off a bridge.

An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Focus is essential to success, and successful people are people who can focus.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.