Inspirational Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
“The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
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“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.”
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“You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?”
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“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.
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“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”
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“Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannnot endure it.... Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.”
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“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange 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.”
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“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
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“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. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. ”
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This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 04/02/08“Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.”
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This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 01/31/11“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I am permitted to hold for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
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