Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope

Quote by James Matthew Barrie

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

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

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Ambition is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition is the last infirmity of noble minds.

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

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

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing

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...

Has it ever struck you that the trouts bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters...

Has it ever struck you that the trouts bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters...

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness...

Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness...

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

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

You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she...

You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she...

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one...

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one...

I'm not young enough to know everything

I'm not young enough to know everything

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle...

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle...

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Love is not blind; it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most...

Love is not blind; it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most...

Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes

Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as...

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as...