James M. Barrie quotes

Born
9 May 1860, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland.

Died
19 June 1937.

Occupation
Novelist, playwright.

James M. Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
– James M. Barrie

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
– James M. Barrie

Ambition – it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
– James M. Barrie

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
– James M. Barrie

Everytime a child says ‘I don’t believe in fairies’ there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
– James M. Barrie

Always be a little kinder than necessary.
– James M. Barrie

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
– James M. Barrie

The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
– James M. Barrie

Life is a long lesson in humility.
– James M. Barrie

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
– James M. Barrie

A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
– James M. Barrie

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
– James M. Barrie

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

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
– James M. Barrie

We are all of us failures – at least, the best of us are.
– James M. Barrie

I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
– James M. Barrie

To die will be an awfully big adventure.
– James M. Barrie

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
– James M. Barrie

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

The most useless are those who never change through the years.
– James M. Barrie

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