Mark Twain Quotes About Failure

• Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.

  Mark Twain

  Birthday, Failure, Age

  Mark Twain, Bob Blaisdell (2013). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.15, Courier Corporation

• When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself.

  Mark Twain

  Failure, Fall, Men

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• It is not in the least likely that any life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person who lived it.

  Mark Twain

  Failure, Secret, Judgment

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.116, Courier Corporation

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