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

Playwright · 1856 – 1950

Irish playwright and critic; author of Pygmalion; Nobel Prize in Literature 1925.

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I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.

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

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.