The one that spoke to me was “do something everyday that you don’t want to do: this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” Kinda caught in the throws of a few challenges in my life now, and this one shone a light a reason I’m having some difficulties. I love quotes from various wise people. Really enlightens me and keeps my mind focused on what really matters. Could you imagine what our culture would look like today if the average person did that instead of desperately seeking ‘likes’ on some emotionally charged platform
“ Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured .” So much wisdom , so eloquently conveyed . I am so humbled , I am in awe .
I'm really astounded the quotation ' It's better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool , rather than open it and remove all doubt ' has not been included ! That's in my top Mark Twain classics .
When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "The time for the schism in the Church is almost here and you must get prepared now" "Arab uprising will spark global unrest - Italy will trigger fall out" The Book of Truth
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and blind can see.. What a beautiful words touching to heart .. I wish If it was tried .. Now I love to try it out.
These weren't mentioned but my favorite Mark Twain quotes: 1) Go to Heaven for the climate, hell for the company 2) It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear to be stupid than to open it and remove all doubt 3) Politicians and diapers have one thing in common, they both need to be changed regularly and for the same reason.
I was looking for the diapers and politician “that is one of my favorites and does it ever apply to today. Term limits God bless America God bless President Trump🙏🏻🇺🇸
@@lorinwegand6324 Well that’s what makes America great we’re all entitled to our opinions. But I say God bless America and God bless President Trump 🙏🏻
My favorite of his is not on this grouping: “It is easier to lie to people than to convince them they have been lied to!” So appropriate for this time in our country !!
Amen. How I wish we all understood to cherish the land we live on. Islam has a similar tenet, whereby it is not only your duty to defend for your family, but also the land you live in from enemies foreign and within.
@randy baumery everyone knew joe would have a massive repair job on his hands, tying them behind his back to own the libs will probably finish the U.S. but at least the libs will be owned, thats the new patriotism i guess, right rand?
I laugbed out loud but totally agreed with the one si.ilar to yours. "Nevef argue with a fool... o lookers may not know the difference" PURE GOLD I TELL YA
@@nealchampagne8238I find it amusing how popular that quote is.....everyone of the people who like the quote think it's the other guy who is stupid, don't they?🤣🤣🤣 could they be wrong, Could Sam Clements actually be referring to them?🤣🤣🤣
My favorite quote that isn’t included is: “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” This applies to whatever opinion you have. Always be humble enough to question if you are on the right side and prove it to yourself again and again.
@@brady851 exactly!! You are right. But my point was different. It was like - " I DONT NEED UR MOTIVATION I AM ALREADY RATIONALIST" Because the crux of the quote is to be rationalist. I am already the one.
"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old." Ain't that the truth... Mark Twain definitely had the best quote
@@amanparmar6314 facial wrinkles/creases, especially around the eyes, are (or used to be ) known as laugh lines. when a person really smiles, or laughs hard, the skin around the eyes gets creased.
With all respect to your opinion I always detested sayings about stupid people. Who is a stupid person? The one which disagrees with you? What if he is correct? Uneducated? If so, why so much evil comes right from the educated elites? Low IQ? What if such person has kinder heart than you? Etc, etc.. In other words "stupidity" can´t be easily defined.
Nice to see you here. India is in need of the quote “ loyalty to country always, loyalty to government when it deserves it”. Always admired your achievements in life, especially as a women standing up for law & order.
That is so profoundly true. I don't recall the day I was born, but the day I found out why remains vivid in my memory, and I am so proud to this day of those moments.
@@dannyleung2796 Eating a life frog stands for doing that, which you must, but truly dislike. A big task at hand, you'd rather avoid. Get it done and over with and enjoy the rest of the day, instead of run and hide from it, bearing the 'guilt' of not doing, what you know you ought to accomplish and thus NOT enjoying the day at all. It helps you deal with yourself.
America is the only country where......if someone says "that's history"...... he means "thats irrelevant.". This is America's relationship with history.
As an ICU nurse for 12 years, I took care of many many people near the end of their life. They told me over and over they wished they had spent more time with their family. Not one single person told me they wished they had spent more time at their job.
@No Lollygaggin. He already had his problems with prigs after he published " Huckleberry Finn." Now a new crop of prigs want to bowlderize the novel for offensive racial content.
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, *but most of them never happened.”* “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” These two resonate with me today. I’m at point in my life where I’m ready for change, and one of those changes includes pushing off this self-doubt that’s kept me down for so long. But for another, it’s the uncertainty of what will happen that has now come to replace that weight. I’ve been told in the past that the things you fear the most never end up happening in the end, and the thoughts I’m having today have been the most frightening of all. I just want reassurance that it will remain true this time, as well.
In 12 hours I am about to start the rest of my life with a woman that I hope to wake up with everyday until one of us goes. We met 2 years ago. Covid has had us apart with only video chat up until today. So, this quote hit me the hardest.
I'm using this medium to appreciate and thank you for your continuous prayers and support to me throughout my movie career, I'm Keanu reeves charlse, once again thank you where exactly are you from?
You missed my favorite"" A lie can travel half way around the world and back again before the truth gets it's boots on." At a time when the US is drowning in lies, this is an important one.
Having talked to teenagers about what they know, and what they have been taught in school, for about a quarter of a century, I see the truth of that quote. I used to be shocked by what they were ignorant of, despite (because of?) doing hours of homework every night. Information that I took as basic knowledge, when I was a kid, is usually something that very few people, even in their 20s and early 30s, seem to know.
The best quotes I liked are: 1. "Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government when it deserves it." 2. "Honesty - the best of all the lost arts." 3. "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." Very astute in his observations. We need more like him around.
@@larryandrews1515 yes it does if you think about it? when people are failing they want company, it's human nature for failures to want everyone else around them to fail too, that is really what racism is all about, it has nothing to do with color, it has everything to do with Jealousy, when poor whites are struggling and they see Blacks/Asians/Hispanics etc working hard and getting ahead in "their" country they start to hate them, but they can't say I hate them because they are better than me or because they are not lazy and stupid like me, can they? so they say they are getting ahead because they are getting some benefit from the Government that I ain't getting, and that is their reasoning for hating them, and then the hate is passed down through generations, that is simplifying it but that is basic Human nature....whereas successful people are less likely to belittle you, at least not until you reach their level and start to pass them, I hope that explains what Samuel Langhorne Clemens meant when he made that quote
"When I was 14 years old I was surprised at how little my father knew about life. When I was 21, I was surprised at how much he'd learned in seven years." My all-time favorite Twain quote.
The actual quote is "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in 7 years."
When I was 14 years old I was surprised at how little my father knew about life. When I was 21 my father was dead :( It'll be 40 years ago in less than 3 months and now my mother had dementia and is unlikely to be here to mark his passing. And I'm so very sad.
@@matoko123 I am very sorry to hear that. The smartest man I ever knew was my wife's father. He had active patents from WWII when he died. And if every mother-in-law was as sweet as mine was, there'd be NO M-I-L jokes. Both of them suffered from dementia before they passed, and that was the hardest thing to watch. Matoko123, all I can say is spend whatever time you can with your mom, and remember the good times, talk to her about those times. And be sure to tell her you love her. Honestly, I don't know if she will know what you are saying, but it will be good for you and your heart. God bless, my friend.
@@matoko123 This may sound funny, but the more I care about others, the less worried I am about my own issues. I have been fighting terminal cancer for 15 years now, and if I lose my concern and care about others, my own issues become overwhelming. I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. I believe God wants us to reach out for Him when we're down, when we need that shoulder to cry on. Not preaching, just saying what has helped me through some pretty dark times. I hope this helps in your time of need. I think your Mom did a good job of raising you! And now it's your turn to help her. Talk to her as if she were able to hear you, we just never know how much they understand. Again, God's blessings to you and your mother.
Sometimes when you are in a dark place, you think that you are buried but you have actually been planted. If you are going through that hard time, just know that I am cheering for you..
Building wealth involves developing good habits like regularly putting money away in intervals for solid investments. The stock market has plenty of opportunities to earn which I myself took advantage of. I made my first million from going diverse, mainly ETFs(stocks, bonds etc), bitcoin, and gold. Investing in any of these should be in everyones mind.
@@terfastarik9698 True, imagine what will happen to the banks and houses in Ukraine due to the bomb blast from Russia, It's better to keep money digital no one knows tomorrow
@@doloreslehmann8628 Many quotes by authors are extracted from their books. Perhaps Mark Twain had written a story where the character thinks that and therefore that character's thoughts are attributed to the writer who came up with them, regardless of the details of their own personal lives.
All dogs go to heaven because all dogs love unconditionally. There is no I love you BUT go clean your room. Grade 5 science could debunk CO2 caused climate change. Cause and effect and closed loop. Temp is rising first and CO2 follows. Earth is a closed loop that self regulates Co2 with life by combining CO2 with H2O to capture the EM Energy of the galaxy via the Sun. Energy is neither created nor destroyed. On this planet. All energy comes from and or returns to the galaxies double torus magnet via the Sun to Us. Covid like CO2 is a comfortable LIE built upon an inconvenient truth. The Baby Boomers who were born en mass 76 years ago are starting to die en mass form the usual suspects of seasonal FLu which leads to Pneumonia and old age. Anybody enforcing these Illegal unjust MASK of the BEAST mandates to Buy or Sell are MASK NAZI's! The MASK of the BEAST to Buy or Sell is a pretext for the FINAL SOLUTION heavy metal vacc + 5G before the END TIMES. It takes 10 years to develop a vacc IF and only IF you can isolate the virus. What variant are they on now? 5th because it is the Seasonal Flu, Baby Boomer Bust and we are in the 5th N-S seasonal Flu season. Climate change is has and will always be caused by the GALACTIC Milankovitch cycles. Eccentricity the 240,000 year rotation of the galactic bulge causes our water planet to trend from Aphelion ice age to Perihelion tropical age every 60,000 years Obliquity. Precession causes the END TIMES every 12,000 years when our solar system passes crosses over the center of our galaxies Double Torus Magnet, for a 1,000 years causing EMP plasma burst, Oort cloud comet impacts and global east to west cataclysmic Tsunami Mud floods. NOW for the next Millennia. Live by the sword die by the sword. Your own tribalism was used against you to destroy you. Don't let yourselves be divided & conquered along race creed and religious lines by these evil people/families at the top of the global pyramid who own and control the Media and Money in this the END TIMES. Jesus loved all races because there is only one race with only one minority, the HUMAN race and INDIVIDUAL human. One child, LGBTQ, Abortion, Sex change, Sterilization, Euthanasia are all DEPOPULATION before the Great Year Resets our planet in these the END TIMES.
"Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government, when it deserves it." Has much meaning in our modern society, sadly far far to many people have forgotten it.
Hi Marlo, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Richard by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends?? Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture, it can brighten up the most darkest atmosphere of any man’s world😉.
Strange but not many (if any) selected this, and this too was inspiring. I think one has had to have suffered greatly to understand this quote. Most folk don't go through that type of suffering and rejection. That quote sang to me like a beautiful song.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.Small people always do that but the really great people make you feel that you too can become great.”
I disagree, friends may know your age, but if you have led a happy and content life, the lines of worry may not be etched all over your face…you may rather have the exuberance of a youth, without deep lines
Not at all, at least your friend has eyes to tell difference of you. That's an old MALE Twine's comment, but no really appliable on women. A REAL empathy, egostic and narcissist person wouldn't SPIT ANYTHING NICE to you, even she have a foot on her grave. Trust me such type person's topic always starts from him or herself round and AROUND over and over again. So just appriciating when ones flatter on you.
My all time favorite quote is this one.. Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.. Quite profound simple southern wisdom.
This quote was not used, but is one of my favorites by Mark Twain: "I've never wished death on any man, but I have read many an obituaries with great pleasure."
@@aryanvenkata3047 where do we start! From the guy whose wrong so many, to bringing an entire country to its knees, to trying to overthrow democracy itself!
The imbecile Biden pretending to be president has done exactly what to improve ANYTHING in our once great country since taking office? I'll help. Absolutely nothing. He's killing us by design.
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the rally great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
Here is a great one not mentioned here, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain
All the quotes are brilliant.. but my take away would be "Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."
This is definition of discipline. As a guy born and raised in military family I understand that this is most important thing you can teach to your kids.
My favorite is not here, so I will add it, "I have found that it is much easier to fool someone than it is to convince them that they have been fooled." It describes the willfully ignorant masses, today.
"A Banker is the fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." How absophakalutingly true!
Actually prime purpose of umbrella is to cover from sun light. Umbrella comes from Latin "umbra" meaning shadow. Italian "parasole" means sun shelter. Just sayin 😉
Beautiful. I got my first taste of Wisdom at 3:57. We had volumes of Encyclopedia's. Colliers, Every Man's and Britannica. If we asked our father a question, he'd say: "I don't know. When you find out, come tell me". We found out. We were so CLEVER? It took a few years to learn that the old man was no idiot. He just kept on throwing us into the deep end until we learned to THINK for ourselves, and not rely on 'second-hand information'. Today I am financially successful, and retired, at 70.
"never argue with stupid people they will drag you down to their level and beat your with experience" my favorite because it's reminds me of a guy in work with
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to there level and beat you with experience” M Twain. Couldn’t be more revenant today 100 years later! Sadly.
"He was truly a real heart poet, at heart!!" .. "Wisdom, and real common sense, that's being revealed, and needs to be remembered, and cherished" ... Blessings always, Ms. Deborah J. Steele - 1/28/22
@apple john , people who bring all their political and emotional baggage to a discussion or study of history or philosophy ultimately learn nothing from the exchange.
Here's another one from Mr. Twain that I believe is so true: "What gets us into trouble isn't what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
I knew I was getting old when I saw this was released on my birthday. "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything", is a favorite of mine.
God is love and almighty God will speak to you upon your situation he will shine his face on you and let you be a testimony to only bring him more honor and glory in the name of Jesus
To ALL the people of the world: "Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Simply put, THE best one he ever said. My opinion only.
@@alexnickson5927 the violet even sheds her beautifull fragrance on the heel that just crushed and kill her,she sheds her fragrance (love ) on everything and everyone even the thing that kills her(forgiveness).
@@alexnickson5927, I’ll be glad to give you my interpretation. Besides being a delight to the eyes; flowers are a delight to our nostrils with their magnificent fragrance. Walking past a garden, through a meadow, even if a breeze is nowhere to be found. The fresh aroma of flowers just uplifts you in a way that very few things can. The fragrance of a flower comes from within. It is its essence manifested in an invisible fashion. Imagine a flower (Violet) being crushed under the heel of a shoe. Especially if it was done intentionally. Petals smashed. The stem damaged. If it was done on a sidewalk, you could see the juices of the flower, which was previously invisible, slowly evaporating on the ground. The flower crushed is dying quickly. And, yet, it’s still giving off an aroma. At least presently. Its present condition hasn’t stopped what it was from coming out of it. And, that fragrance will be on that person’s shoe well into the night. I know that I’m being very wordy here. But, this was truth that I got from this quote. Though crushed, the forgiveness will stain that person. It will add to that shoe, even briefly, in a way unexpected. Like I said, I know that I was very wordy here. But, earlier. Someone said that they were going to have to let that saying marinate a little bit. And, as I did. That’s how it impacted me.
Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy? One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind. I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist. So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark. In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all. The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise. Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct. Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." That one struck me. "Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government, when it deserves it" Struck me even harder.
Hi Julia, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Richard by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
For my 14th birthday my dad gave me a plaque with this quote on it. I am now 56 and my father is gone, but the plaque has hung on the wall of my den for many years. When I read the quote it makes me melancholy and homesick for a time and place that no longer exists.
Mark Twain was definitely my favorite author when I was younger. I had to be careful where I was when I read his short stories, because sometimes I would laugh so hard that I would actually almost spit and things would come out of my nose... Not a cool look for a teenage girl. Lol. Laughter as physical exercise! Thank you mark Twain.
Me too, Girl-from-the-Bronx. One night while I was a boy, I was reading something of Twain's under the covers of my bed with a flashlight so my parents wouldn't know I was still awake. My dad suddenly whipped back the covers and asked what I was reading. I told him and he threw the book down on the pillow and said; "Don't ever do this again. You'll ruin your eyes. Sit up in bed and keep the light on. You can read all night if you like. Just remember that you WILL be going to school in the morning".
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions..." This is a huge one. Maybe not keeping away from them per se, but not taking their opinions to heart anyway. Many of the best things in my life were things I did without anyone else's approval.
As a 79-year-old, I like the quote: "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. {One] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." As it happens, I am not afraid to die. Apparently the reason is that I was not afraid to live. Who knew?!?!
From childhood have loved Twain's pearls of wisdom. One of my favorites is the two most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why.
"Do something everyday that you don't want to do." Brilliant! I'm going to follow that. Make a habit of getting one dreaded task out of the way everyday. Completed tasks will mount up fast and a good defence tactic against procrastination.
Twain has a few good quotes, but the majority of his quotes are pretty limited in their scope - Twain is not exactly Jesus Christ. Twain became famous in his own lifetime and hence, a lot of what he said became self-conscious and merely entertaining. The “Do something every day…” is one of his worst quotes. Stop and think, if you don’t want to do something, there is likely a good ‘instinctive’ reason why not…again, think about it, who actually wants to slaughter animals or cut down forests or kill armies of people in ‘war time’…? Ironing your clothes doesn’t make you a good person, and manufacturing clothes irons is playing a part in our planet’s destruction, so it is actually the RIGHT thing to not want to iron your clothes, and it’s madness and stupidity to ‘force’ yourself to continue doing it.
@@1stEarlOfSurrey no, this is about procrastinating the things that need to get done but are not our favorites. It’s healthy so one doesn’t procrastinate which is unhealthy to the mind & clutters the pathways of constructive & helpful thought, not to mention adds to anxiety & depression. So to keep things simple, healthy & productive this quote is wonderful. I hate to take the time to clean the bathroom, scrub toilets, mop floors, wash windows, pay certain bills, etc…. It’s just better to knock them out little by little than to let them pile up & always play catch up. This is really about getting the little things done while they are still little & feeling better about it. Building the skills of moderation & maintenance.
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“The secret to getting ahead is getting started” - Mark Twain
That quote has stuck with me my whole life
Ain't *that* the fuckin truth.
A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step.
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So in your "whole life" you are still "getting started"? You have not got very far then!
Thats true but need to remind ourselves everyday that - its not done until it done...
where do I start?
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." The most beautiful quote of this video.
Superb. Such a beautiful quote.
Yah right 👍
Very beautiful, as it deserves
Good eye and even more important- thank you for your heart...
The one that spoke to me was “do something everyday that you don’t want to do: this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.”
Kinda caught in the throws of a few challenges in my life now, and this one shone a light a reason I’m having some difficulties. I love quotes from various wise people. Really enlightens me and keeps my mind focused on what really matters. Could you imagine what our culture would look like today if the average person did that instead of desperately seeking ‘likes’ on some emotionally charged platform
“ Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured .”
So much wisdom , so eloquently conveyed .
I am so humbled , I am in awe .
I instantly thought -- ulcer.
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Attributed to the Buddha
@@StarTrekLivz hulk angry.
My favorite too
A favourite of mine along with if you don’t lie you don’t have to remember anything
I'm really astounded the quotation ' It's better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool , rather than open it and remove all doubt ' has not been included ! That's in my top Mark Twain classics .
That quote is from the book of proverbs in the Bible. " It's better to keep your mouth shut one.
Absolutely!
This is my brother’s gambit.
It works👍
I don't get it, am I being stupid rn? ('-')
@@IdkWhatToMakeMyHandle-_- no You are not stupid. Read the book of proverbs in the Bible, there you’ll find the truth and best advice.
My all-time favourite Mark Twain quote (not here): "Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many."
Yeah, I like that too.
As an old man, I really appreciated this truism when I first heard it a couple of years ago.
That's how I feel. I think more about that when I'm called an old fu&ker
LIFE SEEMS TO BE JUST , JOUTH , FILLED WITH DREAMS AND ENERGY , SENIORITY : Sufficient experience and knowledge to avoid time-consuming uselessness
I get that and all, but “IT SUCKS.”
Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Such wisdom beautifully put into words.
Agreed
When things were at their very worst:
2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy.
Scientists will say it was a global illusion.
Beware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again.
After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way.
Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet
- will seem to rise from the dead
- will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one.
One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist.
Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent.
"The time for the schism in the Church is almost here and you must get prepared now"
"Arab uprising will spark global unrest - Italy will trigger fall out"
The Book of Truth
Reminds me of that Charlie Chaplin film City Lights.
Kill them with kindness.
I love that quote.
"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth". (Mark Twain)
wow
My favorite quote.
Oh man, that got me chuckling thinking of the Norm Macdonald version.
Right. If it comes from the ❤
Mark Twain never said that you ignorant ----
"Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government when it deserves it." So true in today's world.
Loyalty to company always ! Loyalty to boss when he deserves it !
This quote, is the reason I believe I followed this group
"Honesty, the best of all the lost arts."
@@askformrs The company _IS_ the boss in America.
@@askformrs No. Company is loyal to ME. Because I'm very good doing my job. They don't want to lose employees like me.
I'm not loyal to the company.
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see “ is so true .👍🏼💗
Yes, the best one
No truer words have ever been spoken .
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and blind can see.. What a beautiful words touching to heart .. I wish If it was tried .. Now I love to try it out.
Yes♥️
Amen
These weren't mentioned but my favorite Mark Twain quotes: 1) Go to Heaven for the climate, hell for the company 2) It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear to be stupid than to open it and remove all doubt 3) Politicians and diapers have one thing in common, they both need to be changed regularly and for the same reason.
Now you further make it difficult to choose the favorite quote! I gotta say, these three are awesome.
I was looking for the diapers and politician “that is one of my favorites and does it ever apply to today. Term limits God bless America God bless President Trump🙏🏻🇺🇸
@@maureenmcdonough7018 I think Donald Trump wears a diaper on his head the same as a baby wears a diaper on his touchy.
@@lorinwegand6324 Well that’s what makes America great we’re all entitled to our opinions. But I say God bless America and God bless President Trump 🙏🏻
I've heard your #2 as "...appear to be thought a fool, than to open it..." Great either way.
My favorite of his is not on this grouping:
“It is easier to lie to people than to convince them they have been lied to!”
So appropriate for this time in our country !!
“It's Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” - Mark Twain.
Depends which country, and which side of the argument I guess.
😅 omg sadly this is spot on
agree. very astute.
Sounds like the new America.
This one really struck me considering the current politics of the US “Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government when it deserves it.”
Amen. How I wish we all understood to cherish the land we live on. Islam has a similar tenet, whereby it is not only your duty to defend for your family, but also the land you live in from enemies foreign and within.
Appropriate globally I think. Especially in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
I concur greatly, and I am unanimous in that statement.
@randy baumery and you sir are the example of the latter.
@randy baumery everyone knew joe would have a massive repair job on his hands, tying them behind his back to own the libs will probably finish the U.S. but at least the libs will be owned, thats the new patriotism i guess, right rand?
"Be careful about reading health books, You may die of a misprint". Got a smile out of me!
Many fools today think they have "covid-19" if they so much as sneeze!
Reminds me of what I heard about the Mental Health Manual. I'm sure most people would find themselves in there if they looked.
Oh yeah -- a lot of truth there.
@@redblade8160 Its more the ppl around u their reaction. Like you're a leper if u happen to sneeze. So best to fart and disguise the sneeze👍.
@@westnblu
When I fart, no one stays around me and that is the best time to sneeze!
You forgot his best quote, “if you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed”!
But "never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel."
I was impressed how funny he was along the video
Same happening in India Nowadays
Early bird gets the worm, second mouse gets the cheese
Will rather be uninformed than misinformed.
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can not read” very true.
"Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own"
Yes like if we're not moving forward, we are never stuck as we think , we are definitely degrading into the bottom 👍
Somalia will rise my brother
Cause people are unable to read can easily outsmart those that refuse to read. At least the former is willing to learn.
Where did this quote came from? That is very wise as well.
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
Words to live by !
Hi,Im thinking of sending this quote to my ex-cheating partner.
@@michellegray9806 "Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured"..........
I liked that one to, and it's so true
Especially when you hit the age where you say too often...what did I come into this room to get?
the corollary.. my mother used to tell me that 'liars have to have good memories"...
"Never argue with stupid people they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience" Superb
That is my father,he is smart and we argue all the time.I say something his reply I do not mean to argue with you but.
I laugbed out loud but totally agreed with the one si.ilar to yours.
"Nevef argue with a fool... o lookers may not know the difference" PURE GOLD I TELL YA
@@nealchampagne8238I find it amusing how popular that quote is.....everyone of the people who like the quote think it's the other guy who is stupid, don't they?🤣🤣🤣 could they be wrong, Could Sam Clements actually be referring to them?🤣🤣🤣
Twain must have known my father.
And, makes you laugh out loud, so you get two for one .
My favorite quote that isn’t included is: “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” This applies to whatever opinion you have. Always be humble enough to question if you are on the right side and prove it to yourself again and again.
To my mind, this quote has proved things to me many times over in the last two years. Love it.
The best quotes
A balanced rational man doesnt require this quote.
@@captainsk Because a balanced rational man already follows this quote.
@@brady851 exactly!! You are right. But my point was different.
It was like - " I DONT NEED UR MOTIVATION I AM ALREADY RATIONALIST"
Because the crux of the quote is to be rationalist.
I am already the one.
"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old." Ain't that the truth... Mark Twain definitely had the best quote
That was my favorite too. 😁
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been." - really good one quote
🙏🙏
Even Jimmy Buffett stole that one.
Can you explain it to me
Nice
@@amanparmar6314 facial wrinkles/creases, especially around the eyes, are (or used to be ) known as laugh lines. when a person really smiles, or laughs hard, the skin around the eyes gets creased.
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." Beautiful!
Hi 👋 is anyone home?
That's my favorite too. I hit the pause button just now when that came on to read the comments.
Unless you suffer from depression, then death is an aspiration
@@delalune4 literally me
Death is nothing to fear if you know christ
Mr Twain was an exceptionally bright man. One of the great things about TH-cam is finding gems like these!
I knew Mark Twain had a bunch of great quotes. But I did not know how many great quotes he had written. A true genius. Thanks for sharing.
“Never argue with a fool. They will drag you down and beat you with experience.”
This is so true. It’s just a great piece of wisdom to keep on mind.
The fool tarot card is next to Kether.
You have that incorrect.
Never argue with a stupid person.
No its not
I noticed many in u tube commentators.( Mostly Indians ofcourse)
With all respect to your opinion I always detested sayings about stupid people. Who is a stupid person? The one which disagrees with you? What if he is correct? Uneducated? If so, why so much evil comes right from the educated elites? Low IQ? What if such person has kinder heart than you? Etc, etc.. In other words "stupidity" can´t be easily defined.
“Loyalty to country always”
“Loyal to government only when it deserves it”
That Mark Twain quote is very profound.
Seems I knew this all along, just never knew it to be a quote.
moester75 Yes, especially where Trump loyalists are concerned.
.my father wore a uniform and was a "patriot" ! I have hated all uniforms and all flags since!
@@rogerhagger7967 and if yr father didnt put on that uniform you wouldnt have the right to hate. My quote.
@@rogerhagger7967 I respect your father's version of patriotism much more than the Republican's current idea of what a "patriot" is.
I liked all of them
Hello mam. Im from india. Big fan of u, from my childhood
Namasthe dear ma’am 🙏..
Happy and proud to see your comment dear ma’am 😊🙏..
This is a surprise. What are the chances
Is that your quote though :p
Nice to see you here. India is in need of the quote “ loyalty to country always, loyalty to government when it deserves it”. Always admired your achievements in life, especially as a women standing up for law & order.
My favourite of all - " The most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why ."
"Verily I say to you, you must be born-again." - Jesus of Nazareth
That is so profoundly true. I don't recall the day I was born, but the day I found out why remains vivid in my memory, and I am so proud to this day of those moments.
Well, in 6 minutes and 44 Secs. I have learned more about how to deal with mankind than in a decade. Thanks for sharing these thoughts with us.
So sad
How can eating or not eating a live frog in the morning help dealing with mankind?
@@dannyleung2796 Eating a life frog stands for doing that, which you must, but truly dislike. A big task at hand, you'd rather avoid. Get it done and over with and enjoy the rest of the day, instead of run and hide from it, bearing the 'guilt' of not doing, what you know you ought to accomplish and thus NOT enjoying the day at all. It helps you deal with yourself.
Nice. Now bring the 3 most important ones in practice, and you've proven you learned something indeed.
Mark Twain rocks! One of my favourites that was left out was: "God invented war so that Americans would learn geography." Brilliant!
Also attributed to Ambrose Bierce
It hasn’t worked.
America is the only country where......if someone says "that's history"...... he means "thats irrelevant.". This is America's relationship with history.
@@virajprabhu1153 Excellent point
Millions of Americans complain about every facet of the country but, only hundreds actually leave it.......... not Mark Twain. Me.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.”........Mark Twain, the wisest American ever !!
My fav.
right.. Too bad this wisdom of his wasn't commensurate to his stance on slavery. Sick ba$tard. XD
@@breakfastplan4518 What do you mean by that ? I thought Twain was pretty much against slavery.
Exactly! Sometimes going against the majority helps us discover unique values and uncover hidden truths
As an ICU nurse for 12 years, I took care of many many people near the end of their life. They told me over and over they wished they had spent more time with their family. Not one single person told me they wished they had spent more time at their job.
For real
Mark Twain and Will Rogers were two of America's greatest minds. Thanks.
I also like Sinclair Lewis.
The wisdom from this man lasts for every generation to come.
@No Lollygaggin. He already had his problems with prigs after he published " Huckleberry Finn." Now a new crop of prigs want to bowlderize the novel for offensive racial content.
“I do not like work even when someone else is doing it.”
― Mark Twain
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, *but most of them never happened.”*
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
These two resonate with me today. I’m at point in my life where I’m ready for change, and one of those changes includes pushing off this self-doubt that’s kept me down for so long. But for another, it’s the uncertainty of what will happen that has now come to replace that weight. I’ve been told in the past that the things you fear the most never end up happening in the end, and the thoughts I’m having today have been the most frightening of all. I just want reassurance that it will remain true this time, as well.
" To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with " . A Home run statement !
All are great, but that one hit home.
May we all replace that missing someone, so our joy may be full. 😉
In 12 hours I am about to start the rest of my life with a woman that I hope to wake up with everyday until one of us goes.
We met 2 years ago. Covid has had us apart with only video chat up until today.
So, this quote hit me the hardest.
@Wes & TKP 66-02 I'm not sure whose qoute it is but as I've heard "Joy is the only thing that multiplies when it is divided."
I have been in love with Mark Twain my whole life. All the qoutes are so simple yet so profound.
Hello Robin......
I'm using this medium to appreciate and thank you for your continuous prayers and support to me throughout my movie career, I'm Keanu reeves charlse, once again thank you where exactly are you from?
"I've been in love with Mark Twain my whole life..." Not yet
You missed my favorite"" A lie can travel half way around the world and back again before the truth gets it's boots on." At a time when the US is drowning in lies, this is an important one.
He didn’t write that quote lol
@@jeanmarc9221 I've seen the articles were It's given credit to earlier writers but he did at least reword it and use it.
Politicians & Lawyers
- and Big-Bizzness Execs , all " - van hetzelfde laken een pak !" - Dutch dicho ...
@@jeanmarc9221 who did?
"Do everyday something that you don't like doing, and that's the secret to performing your duties" - Mark Twain. Wonderful Quote!
One of my favorite quotes of MT is - “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.”
I am living proof for this one:))))
THAT S WHAT DOGS AND CATS ARE GIVEN FOR
So very true
The one I most love to quote is - “Such is the human race. Often it seems a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.”
That made me cry...
Not included is a personal favorite of mine: "I have never let schooling interfere with my education".
Agreed! I always thought this was one of his best!
That one and "first get your facts, then distort them however you like" are the two of his most embeded in my head.
Especially true now.
Having talked to teenagers about what they know, and what they have been taught in school, for about a quarter of a century, I see the truth of that quote.
I used to be shocked by what they were ignorant of, despite (because of?) doing hours of homework every night. Information that I took as basic knowledge, when I was a kid, is usually something that very few people, even in their 20s and early 30s, seem to know.
Agreed!!! Or that figures lie and liars figure 😘
The best quotes I liked are: 1. "Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government when it deserves it." 2. "Honesty - the best of all the lost arts." 3. "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." Very astute in his observations. We need more like him around.
How do small people
Try to belittle your ambition that doesn't make sense.
@@larryandrews1515 yes it does if you think about it? when people are failing they want company, it's human nature for failures to want everyone else around them to fail too, that is really what racism is all about, it has nothing to do with color, it has everything to do with Jealousy, when poor whites are struggling and they see Blacks/Asians/Hispanics etc working hard and getting ahead in "their" country they start to hate them, but they can't say I hate them because they are better than me or because they are not lazy and stupid like me, can they? so they say they are getting ahead because they are getting some benefit from the Government that I ain't getting, and that is their reasoning for hating them, and then the hate is passed down through generations, that is simplifying it but that is basic Human nature....whereas successful people are less likely to belittle you, at least not until you reach their level and start to pass them, I hope that explains what Samuel Langhorne Clemens meant when he made that quote
The human race has only one weapon that is laughter. And A man who lives life fully prepared to die anytime
It is very much true
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain
"When I was 14 years old I was surprised at how little my father knew about life. When I was 21, I was surprised at how much he'd learned in seven years." My all-time favorite Twain quote.
The actual quote is "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in 7 years."
When I was 14 years old I was surprised at how little my father knew about life. When I was 21 my father was dead :( It'll be 40 years ago in less than 3 months and now my mother had dementia and is unlikely to be here to mark his passing. And I'm so very sad.
@@matoko123 I am very sorry to hear that. The smartest man I ever knew was my wife's father. He had active patents from WWII when he died. And if every mother-in-law was as sweet as mine was, there'd be NO M-I-L jokes. Both of them suffered from dementia before they passed, and that was the hardest thing to watch.
Matoko123, all I can say is spend whatever time you can with your mom, and remember the good times, talk to her about those times. And be sure to tell her you love her. Honestly, I don't know if she will know what you are saying, but it will be good for you and your heart. God bless, my friend.
@@thomream1888 Thank you so much Thom, I'm moved. Thank you.
@@matoko123 This may sound funny, but the more I care about others, the less worried I am about my own issues. I have been fighting terminal cancer for 15 years now, and if I lose my concern and care about others, my own issues become overwhelming. I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. I believe God wants us to reach out for Him when we're down, when we need that shoulder to cry on. Not preaching, just saying what has helped me through some pretty dark times. I hope this helps in your time of need. I think your Mom did a good job of raising you! And now it's your turn to help her. Talk to her as if she were able to hear you, we just never know how much they understand. Again, God's blessings to you and your mother.
Couldn't pick a favourite...they're all spot on. Oul Twain was a wizard.
I can't go through this without crying like a little girl...
The wisest man in history!
My hero!
Sometimes when you are in a dark place, you think that you are buried but you have actually been planted. If you are going through that hard time, just know that I am cheering for you..
Building wealth involves developing good habits like
regularly putting money away in intervals for solid
investments. The stock market has plenty of
opportunities to earn which I myself took advantage of.
I made my first million from going diverse, mainly
ETFs(stocks, bonds etc), bitcoin, and gold. Investing in any of these should be in everyones mind.
@@terfastarik9698 True, imagine what will happen to the banks and
houses in Ukraine due to the bomb blast from Russia, It's better to keep money digital no one knows
tomorrow
@@terfastarik9698 I don't think investing in bitcoin now
is a good idea, i'm currently running on huge loss the
market is crashing
That's a nice quote, thank you...I have been planted is a better way to look at this pain that has buried me
Nice @Megan Louise
I loved the one about the father and his enlightenment in 7 years. But really, it was the son that had become enlightened. Awesome.
Thank you for making it easier for me to understand it...i was struggling to get it right
Great quote, but it can't be from Mark Twain. By the time he was 14, his father had already died.
@@doloreslehmann8628 Many quotes by authors are extracted from their books. Perhaps Mark Twain had written a story where the character thinks that and therefore that character's thoughts are attributed to the writer who came up with them, regardless of the details of their own personal lives.
@@LeicaFleury You're right, I didn't think about this possibility. Anyway, it's a great quote, so it doesn't really matter who said it.
Found this on a placard that I gave to my son for his 16th birthday. He's told me he is re-gifting it to my grandson this year on his 16th birthday.
My favourite Mark Twain quote is: "Every man thinks his dog is the best dog and they are all correct."
But I'm more correct than anyone else 😏
@@PLuMUK54 Of course you are, and rightly so! I'm more correct too! Let us all rejoice in our dogs and our more correctness.
@@bluewren65 this is the wholesome part of TH-cam ❤️
@@jontraz5993 I try to scurry away from the other parts.
All dogs go to heaven because all dogs love unconditionally. There is no I love you BUT go clean your room.
Grade 5 science could debunk CO2 caused climate change. Cause and effect and closed loop.
Temp is rising first and CO2 follows. Earth is a closed loop that self regulates Co2 with life by combining CO2 with H2O to capture the EM Energy of the galaxy via the Sun.
Energy is neither created nor destroyed. On this planet. All energy comes from and or returns to the galaxies double torus magnet via the Sun to Us.
Covid like CO2 is a comfortable LIE built upon an inconvenient truth.
The Baby Boomers who were born en mass 76 years ago are starting to die en mass form the usual suspects of seasonal FLu which leads to Pneumonia and old age.
Anybody enforcing these Illegal unjust MASK of the BEAST mandates to Buy or Sell are MASK NAZI's!
The MASK of the BEAST to Buy or Sell is a pretext for the FINAL SOLUTION heavy metal vacc + 5G before the END TIMES.
It takes 10 years to develop a vacc IF and only IF you can isolate the virus. What variant are they on now? 5th because it is the Seasonal Flu, Baby Boomer Bust and we are in the 5th N-S seasonal Flu season.
Climate change is has and will always be caused by the GALACTIC Milankovitch cycles.
Eccentricity the 240,000 year rotation of the galactic bulge causes our water planet to trend from Aphelion ice age to Perihelion tropical age every 60,000 years Obliquity.
Precession causes the END TIMES every 12,000 years when our solar system passes crosses over the center of our galaxies Double Torus Magnet, for a 1,000 years causing EMP plasma burst, Oort cloud comet impacts and global east to west cataclysmic Tsunami Mud floods. NOW for the next Millennia.
Live by the sword die by the sword. Your own tribalism was used against you to destroy you.
Don't let yourselves be divided & conquered along race creed and religious lines by these evil people/families at the top of the global pyramid who own and control the Media and Money in this the END TIMES.
Jesus loved all races because there is only one race with only one minority, the HUMAN race and INDIVIDUAL human.
One child, LGBTQ, Abortion, Sex change, Sterilization, Euthanasia are all DEPOPULATION before the Great Year Resets our planet in these the END TIMES.
"I am an old Man and have known a great many troubles! But most of them never happened!" What a dignified, honourable, brilliant Man. 💖🍀⚘
What man can add a single moment to his life by worrying. JC
He was a genus but the thing he wasn’t smart about is that he rejected Jesus Christ so therefore he’s in Hell
Are you saved? Do you know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior?
He ment we worry about stuff that may or may not even happen
And yes I'm born again of the spirit
"Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government, when it deserves it." Has much meaning in our modern society, sadly far far to many people have forgotten it.
37) "I'm not afraid of death. I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never troubled me at all"
So true and well said. 👍
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Marlo Maher, Agreed......
i like that one best.
Hi Marlo, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Richard by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture, it can brighten up the most darkest atmosphere of any man’s world😉.
Ditto for the kindness one.
Even animals and insects can sense kindness.
I love this one:Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. All of them are truly inspiring.
Strange but not many (if any) selected this, and this too was inspiring. I think one has had to have suffered greatly to understand this quote. Most folk don't go through that type of suffering and rejection. That quote sang to me like a beautiful song.
That quote caused ripples on my soul/heart.
"Kindness is the languange which the deaf can hear and the blind can see"
This is my favorite quote I like
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.Small people always do that but the really great people make you feel that you too can become great.”
“When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.”
Love this because it is so very true! 💚🤘🏻
I agree!!!
I disagree, friends may know your age, but if you have led a happy and content life, the lines of worry may not be etched all over your face…you may rather have the exuberance of a youth, without deep lines
I never bite flattering.
..just be confident
Not at all, at least your friend has eyes to tell difference of you. That's an old MALE Twine's comment, but no really appliable on women.
A REAL empathy, egostic and narcissist person wouldn't SPIT ANYTHING NICE to you, even she have a foot on her grave.
Trust me such type person's topic always starts from him or herself round and AROUND over and over again.
So just appriciating when ones flatter on you.
It's obvious that no one gets younger by growing up.
"A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."
My Favorite quote.
My all time favorite quote is this one..
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured..
Quite profound simple southern wisdom.
This quote was not used, but is one of my favorites by Mark Twain: "I've never wished death on any man, but I have read many an obituaries with great pleasure."
Until the day we read trumps!
Why y’all hate trump so much
@@aryanvenkata3047 where do we start! From the guy whose wrong so many, to bringing an entire country to its knees, to trying to overthrow democracy itself!
@@aryanvenkata3047 - I agree, hate is a wasted emotion. I detest Trump.
The imbecile Biden pretending to be president has done exactly what to improve ANYTHING in our once great country since taking office? I'll help. Absolutely nothing. He's killing us by design.
"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with."
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that,
but the rally great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
People who bring out the best in you are always preferable to those that trigger the worst in you.
@@msjanegrey This is true but when you allow yourself to be provoked then you know yourself a little better👌
my favourite as well.
Here is a great one not mentioned here, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain
That's a great one!
All the quotes are brilliant.. but my take away would be "Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."
man, that became David Goggins life mentality. Great quote
Whoa someone is a philosopher here
This is definition of discipline. As a guy born and raised in military family I understand that this is most important thing you can teach to your kids.
I do this everyday. I go to work. I have become really good at it.
about the washing up...
"Do something everyday that you don't want to do;this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."
- or learn to bear your lifelong 'pain' ! ...
Most of the quotes deserve to be listened to repeatedly for their import to settle down in our consciousness.
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see ... Beautiful ❤️
My favorite is not here, so I will add it, "I have found that it is much easier to fool someone than it is to convince them that they have been fooled." It describes the willfully ignorant masses, today.
Yes ''the useful idiots''
I think "Be careful about reading health books; you could die of a misprint." is applicable too.
Loyalty to country always ..loyalty to the government..when they deserve it
👌👌👌👌
I have the Trump supporters in mind when i see that one.
"A Banker is the fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." How absophakalutingly true!
That was also my favourite, as well as the one where man will do everything to be envied.
Actually prime purpose of umbrella is to cover from sun light. Umbrella comes from Latin "umbra" meaning shadow. Italian "parasole" means sun shelter. Just sayin 😉
@@nieczerwony I believe Mr. Twain (actually Mr. Clemens) was noting the tendency of bankers to be so called fair weather friends!
@@victorpradha9946 Well I know and I agree with it 100%. Banksters are scums.
I’m in California and wouldn’t mind an umbrella in the hot sunny days here… banker can take it back when it rains ( oh doesnt rain here much)
So many great quotes - I really like - "Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see"
Me too!
I also love, “kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.”-Samuel Johnson
My favorite too and I lived it for 27 years.
All of his quotes are such gems, I cannot choose one over the other...
Beautiful. I got my first taste of Wisdom at 3:57. We had volumes of Encyclopedia's. Colliers, Every Man's and Britannica. If we asked our father a question, he'd say: "I don't know. When you find out, come tell me". We found out. We were so CLEVER? It took a few years to learn that the old man was no idiot. He just kept on throwing us into the deep end until we learned to THINK for ourselves, and not rely on 'second-hand information'. Today I am financially successful, and retired, at 70.
I was thoroughly impressed with how much my father learned in those 7 years as well😂😂 R.I.P. Pops i miss u man😎
the emoji usage man... 💀💀
@@user-lj2pu5tw2x ikr
Amen brother
I shall always miss my dad ....
@@davidm.4670 may he rest in peace
"never argue with stupid people they will drag you down to their level and beat your with experience" my favorite because it's reminds me of a guy in work with
yea i think everyone thought of that special somebody....
Reminds me of a lot of "Guys" and not just at work
HAHAHAHA, 😂
Since I’m the father of a teenager …it’s amazing how much the old man has learned in 7 years!
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to there level and beat you with experience” M Twain. Couldn’t be more revenant today 100 years later! Sadly.
the word is relevant, not revenant. Couldn’t be more relevant today 100 years later! Sadly.
They will drag you down to THEIR level
@@Sydopath yeah i missed that one!
I like "Never wrestle with a pig. You just get dirty and the pig likes it.".
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“Honesty-the best of all the lost arts.” “Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.” Best and so appropriate in the day.
But not at night😎
“Loyalty to country always!". Guess he wasn't so wise after all.
@@SCDJMU Country is the ground you live on, government is the temporary inconvenience that you let rule you.
It seems that loyalty to the government at this point is tantamount to treason to the country
"Honesty - the best of all the lost arts, " is my favourite quote by this honest man.
"He was truly a real heart poet, at heart!!" .. "Wisdom, and real common sense, that's being revealed, and needs to be remembered, and cherished" ... Blessings always, Ms. Deborah J. Steele - 1/28/22
Hello Deborah
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man. So true!
Didn't work on minorities, now they're in charge and created cancel culture, majority well and truly bitten
So so so so true !
No its not, dog have four legs, covered in fur and shit outdoos
@apple john , people who bring all their political and emotional baggage to a discussion or study of history or philosophy ultimately learn nothing from the exchange.
Here's another one from Mr. Twain that I believe is so true: "What gets us into trouble isn't what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
I knew I was getting old when I saw this was released on my birthday. "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything", is a favorite of mine.
Every kid /term needs to listen to this. Even adults.
“Honesty, the Best of All Lost Arts.”
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“Loyalty to Country Always,
Loyalty to Government, when it Deserves it.” ~Mark Twain
God is love and almighty God will speak to you upon your situation he will shine his face on you and let you be a testimony to only bring him more honor and glory in the name of Jesus
substitute your tribe for government.
No evidence Twain said or wrote "loyalty to government when it deserves it". Sorry. It has a nice ring to it, though.
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🙏🏼 AMEN
To ALL the people of the world: "Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Simply put, THE best one he ever said. My opinion only.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it,
WOW!!!! That was powerful beyond words!!!
It is powerful I'm still letting that one marinate I won't ever forget that one.
I couldn't understand this one, sorry but care to simplify....
@@alexnickson5927 the violet even sheds her beautifull fragrance on the heel that just crushed and kill her,she sheds her fragrance (love ) on everything and everyone even the thing that kills her(forgiveness).
Yes favorite
@@alexnickson5927, I’ll be glad to give you my interpretation. Besides being a delight
to the eyes; flowers are a delight to our nostrils with their magnificent fragrance.
Walking past a garden, through a meadow, even if a breeze is nowhere to be found.
The fresh aroma of flowers just uplifts you in a way that very few things can.
The fragrance of a flower comes from within. It is its essence manifested in an invisible fashion.
Imagine a flower (Violet) being crushed under the heel of a shoe.
Especially if it was done intentionally. Petals smashed. The stem damaged.
If it was done on a sidewalk, you could see the juices of the flower, which was
previously invisible, slowly evaporating on the ground. The flower crushed is dying quickly.
And, yet, it’s still giving off an aroma. At least presently. Its present condition hasn’t stopped
what it was from coming out of it. And, that fragrance will be on that person’s shoe
well into the night. I know that I’m being very wordy here. But, this was truth that I
got from this quote. Though crushed, the forgiveness will stain that person.
It will add to that shoe, even briefly, in a way unexpected. Like I said,
I know that I was very wordy here. But, earlier. Someone said that
they were going to have to let that saying marinate a little bit.
And, as I did. That’s how it impacted me.
Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy?
One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind.
I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist.
So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark.
In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all.
The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise.
Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct.
Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." That one struck me.
"Loyalty to country always! Loyalty to government, when it deserves it" Struck me even harder.
Dean!? Nice to see you around.
"Loyalty to country always,
Loyalty to government when deserved."
Hear, Hear
Biden is not my President
@@groovy56 he's not yours, but he is president of United States
@@mirkovickovic7059 He was installed just like a toilet
Wish I knew that quote when Trump was president
Mark Twain has traveled with me throughout my life-and he has been good company.
Julia, that is good! I've met up with him several times, but always ended up going off on my own. I would have been better off with him by my side!
Hi Julia, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Richard by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." The most beautiful quote of this video.
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
My favourite because it's so true for each generation.
For my 14th birthday my dad gave me a plaque with this quote on it. I am now 56 and my father is gone, but the plaque has hung on the wall of my den for many years. When I read the quote it makes me melancholy and homesick for a time and place that no longer exists.
Perspective is everything
@@sisyphus9252 this might be the purest piece of humanity anyone can ever feel. i hope nothing but success for you brother
@@ryand2829 Thank you so much for your kind words.
One of my favorite quotes from Twain, " You know you're getting old when everyone you meet reminds you of someone you already know."
Nice
someone once told me that the reason everyone looks so familiar, is because I'm so old I've already seen everybody once.
I never knew how Mark Twain was so great until reading these quotes! Oh the joy he has 'divided' with us.
My favourite quote of Mark Twain is "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes"
Mark Twain was definitely my favorite author when I was younger. I had to be careful where I was when I read his short stories, because sometimes I would laugh so hard that I would actually almost spit and things would come out of my nose... Not a cool look for a teenage girl. Lol. Laughter as physical exercise! Thank you mark Twain.
Me too, Girl-from-the-Bronx. One night while I was a boy, I was reading something of Twain's under the covers of my bed with a flashlight so my parents wouldn't know I was still awake. My dad suddenly whipped back the covers and asked what I was reading. I told him and he threw the book down on the pillow and said; "Don't ever do this again. You'll ruin your eyes. Sit up in bed and keep the light on. You can read all night if you like. Just remember that you WILL be going to school in the morning".
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions..." This is a huge one. Maybe not keeping away from them per se, but not taking their opinions to heart anyway. Many of the best things in my life were things I did without anyone else's approval.
As a 79-year-old, I like the quote: "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. {One] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." As it happens, I am not afraid to die. Apparently the reason is that I was not afraid to live. Who knew?!?!
Bravo!!!
I'm 75, and when I realized where and what I was doing wrong, and corrected it as best I could, death took on a whole new meaning...the fear was gone.
From childhood have loved Twain's pearls of wisdom. One of my favorites is the two most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why.
Hello! Alice, how’re you doing?
"Do something everyday that you don't want to do." Brilliant! I'm going to follow that. Make a habit of getting one dreaded task out of the way everyday. Completed tasks will mount up fast and a good defence tactic against procrastination.
ironing shirts, for exemple
Twain has a few good quotes, but the majority of his quotes are pretty limited in their scope - Twain is not exactly Jesus Christ. Twain became famous in his own lifetime and hence, a lot of what he said became self-conscious and merely entertaining. The “Do something every day…” is one of his worst quotes. Stop and think, if you don’t want to do something, there is likely a good ‘instinctive’ reason why not…again, think about it, who actually wants to slaughter animals or cut down forests or kill armies of people in ‘war time’…? Ironing your clothes doesn’t make you a good person, and manufacturing clothes irons is playing a part in our planet’s destruction, so it is actually the RIGHT thing to not want to iron your clothes, and it’s madness and stupidity to ‘force’ yourself to continue doing it.
@@1stEarlOfSurrey no, this is about procrastinating the things that need to get done but are not our favorites. It’s healthy so one doesn’t procrastinate which is unhealthy to the mind & clutters the pathways of constructive & helpful thought, not to mention adds to anxiety & depression. So to keep things simple, healthy & productive this quote is wonderful. I hate to take the time to clean the bathroom, scrub toilets, mop floors, wash windows, pay certain bills, etc…. It’s just better to knock them out little by little than to let them pile up & always play catch up. This is really about getting the little things done while they are still little & feeling better about it. Building the skills of moderation & maintenance.
Dear God in heaven, what could those 3 people that "reported" this comment possibly find offensive in the comment?
@@patriciaritter4090 Why would it be offensive?? A mistake perhaps?