Mark Twain Quotes about Leadership

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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Leadership, Character

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.50, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.

Mark Twain

Leadership, Enthusiasm, Taught

If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter.

Mark Twain

Leadership, Writing, Learning

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

Attributed in Reader's Digest, Apr. 1934. A similar remark, attributed to an anonymous octogenarian, appears in the Washington Post, 11 Sept. 1910. See Jefferson 42

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

Mark Twain

Leadership, Time, Inspiration

Mark Twain (2014). “Following The Equator”, p.638, Jazzybee Verlag

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.

Mark Twain

Life, Leadership, Consistency

Mark Twain (1992). “Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890”, p.1192, Library of America