“The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
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“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
This appears on the opening placard of the film The Equalizer, attributing it to Twain, but there is no evidence that Twain wrote it. A precursor is found in Taylor Hartman's self-help book The Character Code (first published 1991), where it is not attributed to Twain: "The three most significant days in your life are: 1. The day you were born. 2. The day you find out why you were born. 3. The day you discover how to contribute the gift you were born to give" ( Google Books link https://books.google.com/books?id=gIKCxWxNmeMC&pg=PA147&dq=%22day+you+find+out+why%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijrJzc84vLAhUJzGMKHajvADEQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22day%20you%20find%20out%20why%22&f=false) <br class="br">Disputed
“The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
According to R. Ken Rasmussen in The Quotable Mark Twain (1998), this is most probably not Twain's.
Misattributed
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
“I wish to go on living even after my death.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Ik moet iets hebben naast man en kinderen waar ik me aan wijden kan! O ja, ik wil niet zoals de meeste mensen voor niets geleefd hebben. Ik wil van nut of plezier zijn voor de mensen, die om mij heen leven en die mij toch niet kennen.
5 April 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
As quoted in Networking the Kingdom: A Practical Strategy for Maximum Church Growth (1990) by O. J. Bryson, p. 187; this is the earliest source yet found for this attribution.
Disputed
“Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“Memories mean more to me than dresses.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
“I think a lot, but I don't say much.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Thomas Guthrie (1803–1873) British divine
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 118.
“Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.”
Billy Graham (1918–2018) American Christian evangelist
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879)
1842
Source: Notebooks, The American Notebooks (1835 - 1853)
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