Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

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

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

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The...

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...