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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Irish - Dramatist July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950 Read full biography

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

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

Life, Yourself, Finding

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw

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

Change, Progress, Impossible

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. - George Bernard Shaw

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom, Future, Wise

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw

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

Communication, Problem

There is no sincerer love than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw

There is no sincerer love than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

Love, Food, Than

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

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

Funny, Family, Dance

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

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

Success, Time, Mistakes

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. - George Bernard Shaw

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

Wisdom, Knowledge, Ignorance

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. - George Bernard Shaw

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw

Learning, Long, You

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. - George Bernard Shaw

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. George Bernard Shaw

Science, Problem, Creating

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

Imagination, Beginning, You

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. - George Bernard Shaw

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. George Bernard Shaw

Silence, Perfect, Expression

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. - George Bernard Shaw

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

World, Gentleman, More

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw

Funny, Support, Government

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. - George Bernard Shaw

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. George Bernard Shaw

Family, Happy, Heaven

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. - George Bernard Shaw

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. George Bernard Shaw

Possibilities, React, Decide

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. - George Bernard Shaw

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. George Bernard Shaw

Yourself, World, Window

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw

Grow, Old, Playing

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

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

Art, Soul, Mirror

You cannot be a hero without being a coward. - George Bernard Shaw

You cannot be a hero without being a coward. George Bernard Shaw

Hero, You, Coward

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. - George Bernard Shaw

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. George Bernard Shaw

Life, Alcohol, Endure

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. George Bernard Shaw

Learning, History, Man

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. - George Bernard Shaw

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. George Bernard Shaw

Happiness, Great, Greatness

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open. George Bernard Shaw

Marriage, Anniversary, Man

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. - George Bernard Shaw

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. George Bernard Shaw

Best, God, Gardening

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. George Bernard Shaw

Communication, Myself, Spice

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