Mark Twain Quotes

16 quotes from Mark Twain on investing, entrepreneurship and motivation.

On investing

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Make money and the whole world will conspire to call you a gentleman.
The Indian may seem poor to we rich Westerners but in matters of the spirit it is we who are the paupers and they who are millionaires.
I am opposed to millionaires but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.
Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt.
I wish to become rich so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little like those kind-hearted fat benevolent people do.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and today - all without seeing him. It is a long time to be alone; still, it is better to be alone that unwelcome. I had to have company - I was made for it, I think - so I made friends with the animals.
During the gold rush its a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.

Necessity is the mother of "taking chances.
Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it.
Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.
A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Never let your education interfere with your learning.