Short Quotes - Author James M. Barrie Showing 1 - 33 of 33 Add Quote It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else. James M. Barrie Work Upvote0 I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. James M. Barrie Joy Upvote0 I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life. James M. Barrie Life Upvote0 I am not young enough to know everything. James M. Barrie Upvote0 His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. James M. Barrie Equality Upvote0 God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. James M. Barrie God Upvote0 For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded. James M. Barrie First Upvote0 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 Force Upvote0 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 Wife Upvote0 The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. James M. Barrie Love Upvote0 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 Dreams Upvote0 Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands! James M. Barrie Fairies Upvote0 Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds. James M. Barrie Ambition Upvote0 Always be a little kinder than necessary. James M. Barrie Upvote0 A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be. James M. Barrie Man Upvote0 Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow. James M. Barrie Love Upvote0 Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. James M. Barrie Fairies Upvote0 The most useless are those who never change through the years. James M. Barrie Change Upvote0 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 Upvote0 We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. James M. Barrie Loss Upvote0 We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are. James M. Barrie Upvote0 To die will be an awfully big adventure. James M. Barrie Adventure Upvote0 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 Upvote0 There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make. James M. Barrie World Upvote0 Life is a long lesson in humility. James M. Barrie Life Upvote0 The best place a person can die, is where they die for others. James M. Barrie Upvote0 That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. James M. Barrie Jealousy Upvote0 Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. James M. Barrie Temper Upvote0 Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them. James M. Barrie Strength Upvote0 Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? James M. Barrie Life Upvote0 Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. James M. Barrie Work Upvote0 Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. James M. Barrie Motives Upvote0 Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. James M. Barrie Upvote0