Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.
Ronald Reagan

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Ronald Reagan

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
Ronald Reagan

It is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark Twain

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Mark Twain

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark Twain

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark Twain

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Mark Twain

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Mark Twain

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Mark Twain

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
Mark Twain

Better a broken promise than none at all.
Mark Twain

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
Mark Twain

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Mark Twain

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
Mark Twain

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
Warren Buffett