G. K. Chesterton Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old G. K. Chesterton quotes, G. K. Chesterton sayings, and G. K. Chesterton proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. G. K. Chesterton
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. G. K. Chesterton
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. G. K. Chesterton
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. G. K. Chesterton
The home is not the one tame place in the world of adventure. It is the one wild place in the world of rules and set tasks. G. K. Chesterton
The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something -- war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce. G. K. Chesterton
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. G. K. Chesterton
One of the chief uses of religion is that it makes us remember our coming from darkness, the simple fact that we are created. G. K. Chesterton
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. G. K. Chesterton
True contentment is a real, even an active virtue - not only affirmative but creative. It is the power of getting out of any situation all there is in it. G. K. Chesterton
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. G. K. Chesterton
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. G. K. Chesterton
A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. G. K. Chesterton
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. G. K. Chesterton
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. G. K. Chesterton
Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than any other men are taught severely and systematically that might is not right. G. K. Chesterton
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. G. K. Chesterton
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. G. K. Chesterton
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty. G. K. Chesterton
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. G. K. Chesterton
Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy. G. K. Chesterton
Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists. G. K. Chesterton
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. G. K. Chesterton
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. G. K. Chesterton
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. G. K. Chesterton
Tyranny over a man is not tyranny: it is rebellion, for man is royal. G. K. Chesterton
The simplification of anything is always sensational. G. K. Chesterton
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. G. K. Chesterton
When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea. G. K. Chesterton
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. G. K. Chesterton