George Bernard Shaw

There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.

Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is that he instinctively takes care not to get ahead of them.

So I’ve seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody else’s airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn’t in – 21 years ago, then I’d think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I’d like to fly on.

Don’t make me put your head in my blender!

I didn’t just come in on a load of turnips!

The Smiths dream into my ear on this lost and lonely morning. I sing along like it is the only prayer I know (forgive me, Mother Mary).

This is not new territory. Stop lights like lullabies write my eulogy.

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.

Are you doing what you’re doing today because you want to do it or because it’s what you were doing yesterday?

But I do know there are not enough syllables to spell out how much I love you. I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love… You are my every moment, my every hour, my every day, my every season, and I know this isn’t poetry and it’s certainly not a haiku, it’s just all the things I needed to say to you.

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children… the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.