Mark Twain Ability Quotations

Perseverance is a principle that should be commendable in those who have judgment to govern it

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said that I didn't know.

Anybody can write the first line of a poem, but is a very difficult task to make the second line rhyme with the first

You shouldn't try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and it annoys the pig.

I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.

There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

The ability to find solutions to life's challenges is what makes us grow as a person.