George Bernard Shaw on Courage
Browse 3 quotations attributed to George Bernard Shaw, catalogued under courage, with dates where available.
This page displays 3 quotations attributed to George Bernard Shaw and filed under "courage" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to George Bernard Shaw, entry #209299: "You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes."
Attributed to George Bernard Shaw, entry #138406: "No age or condition is without its heroes. The least incapable general in a nation is its Cæsar, the least imbecile statesman its Solon, the least confused thinker its Socrates, t…"
3 Quotes by George Bernard Shaw on Courage
"You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes."
"No age or condition is without its heroes. The least incapable general in a nation is its Cæsar, the least imbecile statesman its Solon, the least confused thinker its Socrates, the least commonplace poet its Shakespeare."
"Howbeit, Paul succeeded in stealing the image of Christ crucified for the figure-head of his Salvationist vessel, with its Adam posing as the natural man, its doctrine of original sin, and its damnation avoidable only by faith in the sacrifice of the cross. In fact, no sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus."