George Bernard Shaw Quotes (114+)

Enjoy the best George Bernard Shaw Quotes. Quotations by George Bernard Shaw (Irish Playwright)
Jan 01, 1970 - Jan 01, 1970

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally moulds chaos itself into a race of gods?

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

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

Better never than late.

Youth is wasted on the young.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, andbecome blind to the arguments against it.

About the Author

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) was a prolific Irish playwright and co-founder of the London School of Economics. He is the only person to have received both a Nobel Prize in Literature and an Academy Award.