The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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

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

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

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

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

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...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

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...

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

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

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

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...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me

Janet Jackson's 'wardrobe malfunction' cost CBS Five hundred and Fifty grand this week. Boy, what...

Janet Jackson's 'wardrobe malfunction' cost CBS Five hundred and Fifty grand this week. Boy, what...

All journeys eventually end in the same place, home.

All journeys eventually end in the same place, home.