George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Irish - Dramatist | July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

George Bernard Shaw

WorldGentlemanMoreOutWhoHe

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

George Bernard Shaw

LifeHomeGreatHotelAdvantage

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

George Bernard Shaw

ImaginationBeginningYouCreate

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw

GovernmentDemocracyElectionCorrupt

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

George Bernard Shaw

SuccessTimeMistakesMaking Mistakes

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

George Bernard Shaw

PossibilitiesReactDecideActOnce

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

George Bernard Shaw

KingsBornMadeArtificial

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

George Bernard Shaw

LearningHistoryExperienceManMust

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

George Bernard Shaw

GrowStopOldPlayingBecause

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

LifeMistakesDoingMaking Mistakes

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

George Bernard Shaw

YouDreamSayWhyNeverSee

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

George Bernard Shaw

GodBestGardeningYouGardenFind

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