Mark Twain Success Quotes

Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. ~ Mark Twain

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. - Mark Twain ~ Mark Twain

People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read. ~ Mark Twain

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. ~ Mark Twain

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. ~ Mark Twain

Let us be thankful for the fools,' Mark Twain wrote with typically dark humor in 1897. 'But for them the rest of us could not succeed.' Of all the paradoxes of failure in America, surely this is the darkest. Long ago, we saw through old fables of rags to riches; it is still fun to dream, but we know that we are partaking of a cultural myth. But if we do not quite believe in that kind of success, our faith in the myths of failure is unshaken. We are merrily cynical about whether the average tycoon really tugged on those bootstraps, but we still believe with deadly seriousness that the reasons for failure are usually individual-- "in the man." Failure is not the dark side of the American Dream; it is the foundation of it. The American Dream gives each of us the chance to be a born loser. ~ Scott A. Sandage

I never made a success of a lecture delivered in a church yet. People are afraid to laugh in a church. They can't be made to do it in any possible way. ~ Mark Twain

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you want. ~ Mark Twain

The primary rule of business success is loyalty to your employer. That's all right as a theory. What is the matter with loyalty to yourself? ~ Mark Twain

Mark Twain once said, I can live for two months on a good compliment. ~ Gary Chapman

The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation. ~ Mark Twain

I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this is the first attempt I have ever made & yet I perceive I shall soon & easily acquire a fine facility in its use ... The machine has several virtues. I believe it will print faster than I can write. One may lean back in his chair & work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around. Of course it saves paper. ~ Mark Twain

All you need in life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure ... MARK TWAIN ~ Julia London

The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first ~ Mark Twain

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. ~ Mark Twain

Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success. ~ Mark Twain

There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends. ~ Mark Twain