Mark Twain Famous Quotations

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) was born in 1835 and died in 1910. He was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer, and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists and European royalty. These famous quotes dealing with goals, achievement, and success have been attributed to him.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
It is strange the way the ignorant and inexperienced so often and so undeservedly succeed when the informed and the experienced fail.
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.