Mark Twain Quotes

Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

I always thought I'm kind of a tough girl.

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him.

But regardless of our circumstances, they do not define us - not unless we give in and let them. Circumstances never determine who we are; they reveal who we are.

A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless man, although it can pity him.

Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.

I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.

Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

It seems entirely possible to me that horrible things can be going on without us becoming horrible people.

Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.

I am just one human being.

Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.

I have weathered many different storms and I know who I am and my friends know who I really am.

When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.