It is summer out and Avi Lebor has some quotes for this period of the year.

Great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.-M.Twain

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.-W. Bagehot

The weakest ink is far better than the strongest memory- unknown

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has a fortune by speculation and kept it- Andrew Carnegie

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t- Martin Van Buren

The definition of luck: When preparation greets opportunity- Vince Lombardi

Everybody lives by selling something- Robert Louis Stephenson

Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.- Ambrose Bierce

Grief can take care of itself: but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with- Mark Twain

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinion I have no respect-Edward Gibbon

A good listener helps the speaker clarify and often correct his ideas in the course of expressing them. The young become good communicators if they have parents or relatives or teachers who are good listeners- S.I Hayakawa

In the first place G-d made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards- Mark Twain

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid then to open it and remove all doubt- Mark Twain

Truth is stranger than fiction- Mark Twain

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you- Mark Twain

If you want to see the dregs of humanity go down to the jail and watch the changing of the guard- Mark Twain

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it’s efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don’t know anything and can’t read- Mark Twain

Avi Lebor hopes you’ll find these Mark Twain quotes quite interesting, and come back again tomorrow for new quotes.