George Bernard Shaw
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The truth is more important than the facts.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it's only human nature.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give. You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have. I give you thanks for receiving , it's my privilege, and you owe me nothing in return.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Pay the farmer or pay the hospital.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
I am not an animal ! I am a human being. I am a man.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Without a general an army is lost.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
But because I am mad, I hate you. Because I am mad, I have betrayed you. And because I'm mad, I'm rejoicing in my heart, without a shred of pity, without a shred of regret, watching you go with glory in my heart !
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
We didn't land on plymouth rock. Plymouth rock landed on us !
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
It ain't over till it's over.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
The "Inside-Out" approach to personal and self , even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Spread love everywhere you go, first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness, kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
Georgia, love is for the very young.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Love is the emblem of eternity, it confounds all notion of time, effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Love is perfect kindness
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
There is no education like adversity.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore !
This is the beginning of a new day.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Where there is love there is life.