“I had not achieved a success; but I provoked an uproar; and the sensation was so agreeable that I resolved to try again.”

— George Bernard Shaw, Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, Vol. I, Preface (1898)

About George Bernard Shaw

1856 – 1950

Irish playwright and critic, Nobel laureate in Literature (1925).

“If you teach a man anything he will never learn it.”

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

“You use a glass mirror to see your face: you use works of art to see your soul.”

“The long, dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather.”

“In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.”

“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.”

“When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.”

“Cunning and deceit will every time serve a man better than force to rise from a base condition to great fortune.”

“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”