Quotes by G.K. Chesterton
Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
- G.K. Chesterton
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
- G. K. Chesterton
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
- G. K. Chesterton
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
- G. K. Chesterton
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
- G.K. Chesterton
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
- G. K. Chesterton
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
- G. K. Chesterton
I do not believe in fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in fate that falls on them unless they act.
- G.K. Chesterton
Education is simply the soul of society as it passes from one generation to the next.
- G.K. Chesterton
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
- G.K. Chesterton
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
- G.K. Chesterton
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
- G.K. Chesterton
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
- G.K. Chesterton
The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.
- G.K. Chesterton
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
- G.K. Chesterton
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
- G.K. Chesterton
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
― G.K. Chesterton
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
~G.K. Chesterton
What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world.
- G.K. Chesterton