G. K. Chesterton - What's Wrong With the World (1910)

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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.

G. K. Chesterton

The prime truth of woman, the universal mother…that if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

G. K. Chesterton

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

G. K. Chesterton

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

G. K. Chesterton

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.

G. K. Chesterton

'As you have made your bed, so you must lie on it'; which again is simply a lie. If I have made my bed uncomfortable, please God I will make it again.

G. K. Chesterton