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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Twain Quotes...

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

"If you have nothing to say, say nothing."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear."

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

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

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."

"God created war so that Americans would learn geography."

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

"The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop."

"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up."

"A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory."

"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."

"We are all stupid, just on different subjects."

"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them."

"Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it."

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