15 Quotes By James M. Barrie


We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.
James M. Barrie on best

The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
James M. Barrie on best

The most useless are those who never change through the years.
James M. Barrie on change

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 on dreams

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
James M. Barrie on equality

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

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

Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie on life

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 on life

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

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
James M. Barrie on strength

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 on time

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
James M. Barrie on wedding

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie on work

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie on work