#barrie

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#defeat #except #failure #inherent #insurmountable

To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#barriers #conquer #effect #equivalents #fabricated

A burrito is a delicious food item that breaks down all social barriers and leads to temporary spiritual enlightenment. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#food #social-barriers #food

David tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#david #fairy #fantasy #funny #happy

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#belief #fantasy #flying #imagination #kensington-gardens

See," he said, "the arrow struck against this. It is the kiss I gave her. It has saved her life. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#kiss #life-saving #neverland #peter-pan #wendy

True love is rare, so when you find it, don't let go just because of a barrier you can't cross. ↗

— Ray Wall

#let-go #true-love #love

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#challenges #failure #failures #inspirational #perseverance

He was a poet; and they are never exactly grown-up. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#barrie #children #grown-up-poetry #kesnington-gardens #london

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. ↗

— Voltaire

#human #human spirit #ignorance #infantile #knowledge