Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Picture Quote by Mark Twain

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Topics: Greatness Picture Quotes

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then...

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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then...

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the...

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the...

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

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What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I...

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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I...

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company

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Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to the their level and...

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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to the their level and...

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't...

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Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't...

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of...

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The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of...

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and...

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Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and...

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite...

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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite...

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully...

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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully...

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

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Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

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A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

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You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.