No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

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

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

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

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

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

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

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...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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

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

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...

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

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

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

We want to be all things, not just to gain power over things...how infantile!

We want to be all things, not just to gain power over things...how infantile!

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...