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Mark Twain Quotes about Attitude

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They did not know it was impossible so they did it

They did not know it was impossible so they did it

Mark Twain
Attitude, Law Of Attraction, Impossible

You are about as happy as you make up your mind to be.

Mark Twain
Attitude, Mind, Make Up Your Mind

A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.

Mark Twain
Attitude, War, Advice
Mark Twain (1992). “Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890”, p.1015, Library of America

If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error.

Mark Twain
Attitude, Past, Errors

A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture.

Mark Twain
Art, Attitude, Expression
Mark Twain (1876). “Mississippi Writings”, p.488, Library of America

Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

Mark Twain
Dream, Attitude, Lying
Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.2131, GENERAL PRESS

I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble effect. You could see the shudder sweep the mass like a wave.

Mark Twain
Attitude, Magic, Noble
Mark Twain (2016). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.46, Mark Twain

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