George Bernard Shaw Quotes (114+)

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

The greatest sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.

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

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

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

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

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

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

My reputation grows with every failure.