George Bernard Shaw

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The liar’s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show…let me do it now.- William Penn

Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child.

I don’t let my mouth say nothin’ my head can’t stand.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.

It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy.

You are perfect. An exquisitely fine work of art, labor of love, suspended in silence. Bejeweled, trembling, kissed by a breeze, mesmerized by your beauty. You await in silence, beckoning me to a silken-wrapped slumber.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!