James M. Barrie Quotes

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

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled". Book by Marion Morris, 1917.

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

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)”, p.85, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Always try to be a litle kinder than necessary.

  James M. Barrie

  Trying, Kinder

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• 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.

  James M. Barrie

  Life, Men, Miracle

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

  James M. Barrie

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". Book by James M. Barrie, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1911.

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

  James M. Barrie

  Nature, Memories, Rose

  Rectorial Address at St Andrew's, 3 May 1922, in The Times 4 May 1922

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  The Little Minister (1891) vol. 1, ch. 1

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• I am not young enough to know everything.

  James M. Barrie

  Book, Athlete, Knowledge

  The Admirable Crichton (performed 1902, pubd. 1914) act 1

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• 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.

  James M. Barrie

  Love, Eye, Privilege

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

  James M. Barrie

  Prepared, Dies

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  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, Dream, Sacrifice

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

  James M. Barrie

  Adventure, Tea, Firsts

  "Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels".

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• When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.

  James M. Barrie

  Birthday, Baby, Laughter

  Peter Pan act 1 (1928)

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• Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.

  James M. Barrie

  Wish, Enough, Hard

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

  James M. Barrie

  Music, Teach, Ifs

  James M. Barrie (2013). “Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)”, p.91, Jazzybee Verlag

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

  James M. Barrie

  Past, May, Helping

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

  James M. Barrie

  Thinking, Air, Lovely

  James M. Barrie (2015). “Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.27, 谷月社

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

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)”, p.32, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

  James M. Barrie

  Weapons, Blades, Temper

  James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little Minister (Illustrated Edition)”, p.94, Jazzybee Verlag

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• 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.

  James M. Barrie

  Men, Thinking, Being Different

  James M. Barrie (2013). “Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)”, p.25, Jazzybee Verlag

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

  James M. Barrie

  Men, Childhood

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

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hipster

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

  James M. Barrie

  Boys, Genius

  James M. Barrie (2013). “Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)”, p.166, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

  James M. Barrie

  Letting Go, Goodbye, Farewell

  "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". Book by James M. Barrie, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1911.

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