It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Quote by James M Barrie

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

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

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

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

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

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all...

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all...

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

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

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my...

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my...

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

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

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

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

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

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy...

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy...

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

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

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did...

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did...

If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else. If you don't...

If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else. If you don't...

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

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

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

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

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

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

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

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

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