The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
It aint what you dont know that gets you into trouble. Its what you know for sure that just aint so.
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.
A person who wont read has no advantage over one who cant read.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then He made school boards.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
You cannot reach new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
Life is short, but it’s long enough to get it right.
I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
When in doubt, tell the truth.
Only a rare few will ever figure out what you really mean.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
A banker is a person who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
The best part of a writer’s biography is not the record of his books, but the story of how he came to write them.
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
I never let my schooling interfere with my education.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
There is nothing more annoying than having a good example.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.