Mark Twain

What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I’m going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that’s OK.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

It is the mind that makes good or ill. That which makes us happy or sad; rich or poor.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.

Life’s three best teachers: heartbreak, empty pocket, failures.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

You have to figure out what that is, and you have to make a plan to get to it. And the plan has got to have a timeline. You have to choose something that you can afford to do and then lock it in and passionately do it.

What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.

The men of always aren’t interested in the children of never.

Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won’t get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

Once you discover that you can, then you must.

Flawed and (still) worthy.