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James Allen: You will become...

James Allen: You will become...

You will become as small as your dominate desire; as great as your dominate aspiration.

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E B White: I arise in...

E B White: I arise in...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the...

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Jean Toomer: Most novices picture...

Jean Toomer: Most novices picture...

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few...

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Edgar Watson Howe: The sounder your...

Edgar Watson Howe: The sounder your...

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

Source: In The...

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Edgar Watson Howe: Families with babies...

Edgar Watson Howe: Families with babies...

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

Source:...

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Gertrude Stein: It takes a...

Gertrude Stein: It takes a...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing...

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Mark Twain: Accident is the...

Mark Twain: Accident is the...

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: All the modern...

Mark Twain: All the modern...

All the modern inconveniences.

Source: Life on the Mississippi.
-- Mark Twain,...

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Mark Twain: Few sinners have...

Mark Twain: Few sinners have...

Few sinners have been saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Golf is a...

Mark Twain: Golf is a...

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

Source: Attributed; quoted in Greatly Exaggerated, ed....

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Mark Twain: I don't like...

Mark Twain: I don't like...

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell -- you see, I have friends in both...

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Mark Twain: In the weltering...

Mark Twain: In the weltering...

In the weltering hell of the Moorooroo plain
The Yatala Wangary withers and dies,
And the Worrow Wanilla,...

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Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things...

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Mark Twain: Adam and Eve...

Mark Twain: Adam and Eve...

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

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Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: I find that...

Mark Twain: I find that...

I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Look here. Upon...

Charles Dickens: Look here. Upon...

Look here. Upon my soul you mustn't come into the place saying you want to know, you know.

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Charles Dickens: It came like...

Charles Dickens: It came like...

It came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There an't much credit in...

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Charles Dickens: We've got a...

Charles Dickens: We've got a...

We've got a private master comes to teach us at home, but we ain't proud, because ma says it's...

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