James M. Barrie Quotes

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

Always try to be a litle kinder than necessary.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. Not in doing what you like but in liking what you do is the secret of happiness.

Those who are prepared to die are most prepared to live.

I am not young enough to know everything.

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

Love, it is said, is blind, but love is not blind. It is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard. To see the best is to see most clearly, and it is the lover's privilege.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

You just think lovely wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air.

Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?

Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.

As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.

Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will.

The useless men are those who never change with the years.

It is very well to be able to write a book, but can you waggle your ears?