If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Children Quotes, Example Quotes

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happinessï¿½both our own and that of our childrenï¿½than...

Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happinessï¿½both our own and that of our childrenï¿½than...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...