Mark Twain Quotes

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will Curse you.

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.

I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state.

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Give and ye shall receive.

Whatever harm the evil may do, the harm done by the good is the most harmful harm.

Blessing is the projection of good into the life of another.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you....If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.

Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.

The flow of blessings in our life is directly related to our passing blessings along to someone else.

It's hard to hear that your good intentions are making things worse and tragic.

Beware of your wishes: They will probably come true.

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.

Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.

One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.

Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes down on himself. Evil-doers again resemble a man who stirs the dust against the wind; the dust is never raised without doing him injury. Thus, the wise will never be hurt, but the curse is sure to destroy the evil-doers themselves.

Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion. - William Makepeace Thackeray

He who makes his law a curse, by his own law shall surely die.

Blessings star forth forever; but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.

Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse or omission.