James Barrie Quotes

A collection of quotes by James Barrie.

James Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish playwright and novelist best known for creating the beloved character of Peter Pan. Born in Scotland, Barrie began his writing career as a journalist before turning to fiction and theater. His play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, first performed in 1904, captured the imagination of audiences worldwide and continues to be staged today. Barrie's works often explored themes of childhood and the complexities of adulthood. He was also a philanthropist, donating the rights of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. N/A

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

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

You have been warned against letting the golden hours slip b

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

If you have it Love, you don't need to have anything else, a

If you have it Love, you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.

Love

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the gr

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

Reading

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to

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.

Past

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but m

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

Praise

Every time a child says, I don't believe in fairies, there i

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

Belief

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Sco

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

Nationalism Nation Nationality

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

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

Youth

We never understand how little we need in this world until w

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

Understanding

Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of hi

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

Men

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it

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

Success & Failure

.. it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't

.. 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.

Women

The life of every person is like a diary in which he means t

The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.

Life

Heaven for climate, Hell for company.

Heaven for climate, Hell for company.

Heaven

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Anger

Ambition -- it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition -- it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but

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

Happiness

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can ha

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

Desires

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep

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

Sunshine