Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful. — George Bernard Shaw Children Copy Share Image
I no longer desire happiness: life is nobler than that. — George Bernard Shaw Desire Copy Share Image
We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not. — George Bernard Shaw Dream Copy Share Image
Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman. — George Bernard Shaw Gentleman Copy Share Image
Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die. — George Bernard Shaw Alive Copy Share Image
I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum — George Bernard Shaw Asylums Copy Share Image
If all you are going to do in life are the things that are convenient and comfortable, the great things never get… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“No, really: I can't fight, I never could. I can't bring myself to dislike anyone enough.” — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor. — George Bernard Shaw Consideration Copy Share Image
People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good. — George Bernard Shaw Books Copy Share Image
Nowadays a parlor maid as ignorant as Queen Victoria was when she came to the throne would be classed as mentally defective. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
She is immensely interested in him. She has even secret mischievous moments in which she wishes she could get him alone, on… — George Bernard Shaw Common man Copy Share Image
You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage.… — George Bernard Shaw Divinity Copy Share Image
Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is… — George Bernard Shaw Bears Copy Share Image
“Every star has its own orbit; and between it and its nearest neighbor there is not only a powerful attraction but an… — George Bernard Shaw Astronomy Copy Share Image
Bible worship, though at its best it may achieve sublimity by keeping its head in the skies, may also make itself both… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I object to publishers: the one service they have done me is to teach me to do without them. They combine commercial… — George Bernard Shaw Art Copy Share Image
It is doubtless wise, when a reform is introduced, to try to persuade the British public that it is not a reform… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Unbounded hopes were placed on each successive extension of the electoral franchise, culminating in the enfranchisement of women.These hopes have been disappointed,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that fine art is the subtlest, the most seductive, the most effective instrument of moral propaganda in the world,… — George Bernard Shaw Art Copy Share Image
“Playing! The hardest job I ever tackled: make no mistake about that, mother. But you have no idea how frightfully interesting it… — George Bernard Shaw Failure Copy Share Image
“Pickering : You see, lots of the real people can't do it at all: they're such fools that they think style comes… — George Bernard Shaw Fools Copy Share Image
I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that… — George Bernard Shaw Argument Copy Share Image
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being… — George Bernard Shaw Happiness Copy Share Image
It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good . Guarantee… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession. — George Bernard Shaw Career Copy Share Image
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius. — George Bernard Shaw Common sense Copy Share Image
Every dream is a prophecy: every jest is an earnest in the womb of Time. — George Bernard Shaw Dream Copy Share Image
Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes. — George Bernard Shaw Mistakes Copy Share Image
Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out. — George Bernard Shaw Distinction Copy Share Image
Your father is a fool skin deep; but you are a fool to your very marrow. — George Bernard Shaw Father Copy Share Image
In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win. — George Bernard Shaw Gambling Copy Share Image