Mark Twain

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones read more

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.