Tag Archives: Mark Twain

Thought For the Day: It Is Curious That Physical Courage Should Be So Common In the World and Moral Courage So Rare

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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Thought For the Day: There Are Basically Two Types of People. People Who Accomplish Things, and People Who Claim To Have Accomplished Things. The First Group Is Less Crowded.

“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.” – Mark Twain

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Thought For the Day: Irreverence Is the Champion of Liberty and Its Only Sure Defense

“Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910) Let’s hope this budgetary moment of sheer insanity is stopped at the Senate. It’s insane to think we spend our way to prosperity and our … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Irreverence Is the Champion of Liberty and Its Only Sure Defense

“Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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Thought For the Day: There Are Basically Two Types of People. People Who Accomplish Things and People Who Claim To Have Accomplished Things. The First Group Is Less Crowded.

“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.” – Mark Twain

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Thought For the Day: I Have Never Let My Schooling Interfere With My Education

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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Thought For the Day: It Is Our Nature To Conform Which Is Born From Our Requirement of Self-Approval

“It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many people can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of self-approval.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)    

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Thought For the Day: A Christian’s First Duty Is To God and As A Matter of Course To Carry This Belief To the Polls To Vote Accordingly

“A Christian’s first duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is his duty to carry his Christian code to the polls and vote them… If Christians should vote their duty to God at … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Focus More On Your Desire Than On Your Doubt

“Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.’ – Mark Twain    

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Thought For the Day: Kindness Is the Language Which the Deaf Can Hear and the Blind Can See

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain    

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