James M. Barrie Quotes

British - Playwright May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

James M. Barrie

Broken, Bird, Youth, Joy, Egg, Little

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

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

James M. Barrie

Sunshine, Others, Bring, Cannot, Keep

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

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

James M. Barrie

Love, Rainbow, Unhappy, Who, Even, Loves

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

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

James M. Barrie

God, Memory, Roses, Us, December, Gave

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

Life is a long lesson in humility.

James M. Barrie

Life, Humility, Long, Life Is A, Lesson

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

James M. Barrie

Good, Jealousy, Bride, Wedding, Way, Tis

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

James M. Barrie

Believe, You, Hands, Say, Your, Quick

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

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

James M. Barrie

Wisdom, World, Loss, Understand, Know

Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

James M. Barrie

Time, Believe, Child, Dead, Down, Fairy

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.

James M. Barrie

Life, Man, Story, Diary, Make, Write

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The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. - James M. Barrie

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

James M. Barrie

Love, Humble, Praise, Us, More, Make

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

James M. Barrie

Work, You, Doing, Nothing, Something

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

James M. Barrie

Temper, Hold, Weapon, Blade

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

James M. Barrie

Always, Little, Than, Necessary, Kinder

It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.

James M. Barrie

Woman, You, Bloom, Need, Matter, Much

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

James M. Barrie

Believe, Child, Dead, Down, Little, Says

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

James M. Barrie

Change, Useless, Never, Years, Through

The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.

James M. Barrie

Best, Die, Place, Person, Others, Where

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

James M. Barrie

Never, Your, Own, Opponent, Than, Meaner

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

James M. Barrie

Time, You, Only, Golden, Against, Some

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

James M. Barrie

Strength, Passion, Child, Being, Them

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.

James M. Barrie

Man, Wife, Think, Smiles, Done, Go

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.

James M. Barrie

You, Past, Sometimes, Interesting, Back

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

James M. Barrie

Ambition, Minds, Last, Noble

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

Life, Dreams, You, Sacrifice, True, Wish

We are all of us failures - at least, the best of us are.

James M. Barrie

Best, Us, Failures, Least

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