Coaches Hot Seat Quote of the Day – Sunday, July 17, 2011 – Mark Twain
Coaches Hot Seat Quote of the Day – Sunday, July 17, 2011 – Mark Twain
“At last the lake burst upon us–a noble sheet of blue water lifted six thousand three hundred feet above the level of the sea, and walled in by a rim of snow-clad mountain peaks that towered aloft three thousand feet higher still! As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole world affords.” Mark Twain on Lake Tahoe, Roughing It, 1861
And
“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”
And
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. “
And
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
And
“I never let schooling interfere with my education.’
And
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
And
“Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
And
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.”
And
“The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.”
And
“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.”
Mark Twain
Wikipedia Page: Mark Twain
