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