Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Prayer Quotes

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

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

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

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an...

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.