George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Enjoy our collection of quotes by famous people like George Bernard Shaw, 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950. Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care and class privilege. These quotes cover the entire range from thoughful to inspirational. We hope you enjoy these quotes by George Bernard Shaw as one of the famous people and writers in the world. One of our favorite quotes is, "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

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

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
George Bernard Shaw

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

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

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw

When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work.
George Bernard Shaw

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
George Bernard Shaw

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
George Bernard Shaw






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