Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old George Bernard Shaw quotes, George Bernard Shaw sayings, and George Bernard Shaw proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Some men see things as they are and say, Why ' I dream of things that never were, and say, Why not George Bernard Shaw
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Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.George Bernard Shaw
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Youth is wasted on the young.George Bernard Shaw
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When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to live in a stationary one, and do without change.George Bernard Shaw
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The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed but that he cannot believe anyone else.George Bernard Shaw
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.George Bernard Shaw
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Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill.George Bernard Shaw
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.George Bernard Shaw
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What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.George Bernard Shaw
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.George Bernard Shaw
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.George Bernard Shaw
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.George Bernard Shaw
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The art of governmentis the organization of idolatry.George Bernard Shaw
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In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language: the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.George Bernard Shaw
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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.George Bernard Shaw
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If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven.George Bernard Shaw
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We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.George Bernard Shaw
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The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.George Bernard Shaw
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The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.George Bernard Shaw
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There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.George Bernard Shaw
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The greatest thing in life is to die young but delay it as long as possible.George Bernard Shaw
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A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.George Bernard Shaw
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Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.George Bernard Shaw
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.George Bernard Shaw
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.George Bernard Shaw
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Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.George Bernard Shaw
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When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.George Bernard Shaw
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You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.George Bernard Shaw
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The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.George Bernard Shaw
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.George Bernard Shaw