Mark Twain

Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race – the individual’s distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety’s or comfort’s sake, to stand well in his neighbor’s eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be and remain slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.

If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

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

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

I measure success by how many people love me.

I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who do nothing and succeed.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

To succeed in life, you need to things: ignorance and confidence.

It’s a great thing when you can show that you’ve been successful and that you’ve made a lot of money and that you’ve employed a lot of people.

You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.

Being stubborn is a big part of being a winner.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

It’s next to impossible to build a successful business without relationships.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.