Peter Pan, the story of a magical little boy who never grows up, has been a favorite children’s story since the character was first introduced in the novella The Little White Bird in 1906. Written by renowned playwright J.M. Barrie, this delightful tale of innocence, dreams, growing up, and pixie dust has enchanted generation after generation of dreaming children and adults alike. We’ve collected the top 10 Peter Pan quotes to remind you that all you need is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust. (Yes, that’s a line from the book.)
Funny Peter Pan Quotes
funny Peter Pan Quotes
Captain Hook:
“If I were you, I’d give up!”
Peter Pan
“If you were me, I’d be ugly.”
Top 10 Peter Pan Quotes
“You need not be sorry for her. She was one of the kind that likes to grow up. In the end she grew up of her own free will a day quicker than the other girls.”
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Growing up is a daunting proposition, especially if you’re the one doing the growing. Wendy had to choose between staying in NeverNeverLand and growing up. She chose to grow up, as we all must at one point or another in our lives. It’s tempting to try to remain a child forever, to forsake responsibility and requirement in favor of play and dreams, but it never ends well.
“Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look on forever.”
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Don’t try to be a star. Don’t be something that people only wish to look upon, and never interact with. Stars are set apart from the rest of the world, only looking and never touching, never getting to be a part of the things that they wish the most. Be a person and revel in it. There’s no reason to try to become a star.
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
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Best Peter Pan Quotes
Doubt is the one thing that will tear you down and prevent you from reaching your dreams. Don’t doubt you can fly, or reach your dreams, or do anything that you want to do in this life. As long as you know and believe you can do it, it will always be within your reach.
“Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have everything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
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Nothing good will ever happen if you don’t step out of your comfort zone to make it happen. After all, good things don’t come to those who wait, no matter how many times you’ve heard that old saying repeated. Good things, all things really, come to those who are willing to get up, work for them, and sacrifice anything and everything to achieve their ends.
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
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Goodbyes are inevitable. People come and go in our lives, because that is simply how life is. Saying goodbye simply means that something is ending, and while it should not be forgotten, it also should not be clung to. Hold your head high and step forward instead of falling back. You may find it easier to find happiness that way as well.
“Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling at a time.”
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We’re sometimes similar to fairies in that it’s often hard for us to process more than one strong feeling at a time and it can be overwhelming. Let yourself be a fairy, if you find yourself being overwhelmed. Be one thing, that one feeling or thought or emotion, and let yourself process that one thing before you try to move on to something else.
“I taught you to fly and to fight. What more could there be?”
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Sometimes there’s nothing more important in life that the simple things. In Peter’s case, those things include flying and fighting the nefarious Captain Hook. In your case, it could be enjoying a cup of tea and a book after a long day at work, or strolling down by the water, or any of the little simple things that you enjoy in your life.
“I suppose it’s like a ticking crocodile, isn’t it? Time is chasing after all of us.”
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Time is the one thing that we can never escape. In Hook’s case, it’s a literal crocodile pursuing him across the length and breadth of Neverland. For the rest of us, it’s a more ephemeral presence, but it is there nonetheless. Use what time you have well and you will never regret the things you may have missed.
“It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.”
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We all have to do things that we don’t like, like paying bills, going to class, or heading to the dentist’s office. Don’t linger so much on the things that you don’t like to do. Instead, find ways to like those unpleasant or menial tasks, to make them much more bearable. No one likes going to the dentist, for example, but everyone likes that super clean feeling you get after getting your teeth cleaned!
“Do you know,’ Peter asked, ‘why swallows building in the eves of houses? It’s to listen to the stories.”
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The world is made up of stories. From the day we are born until the day we die, we are filling up the pages of our own story book. Are you living a life that you would want someone to read about after you’ve gone? Live your life to the fullest because after all, we’re all just stories. It’s you job to make it a good one.
Keep a smile on your face and some hope in your heart, and you’ll never run out of pixie dust. Hopefully these Peter Pan quotes were enough to remind you that as long as you think happy thoughts, you can do anything you put your mind to.
If you’re still looking for some happy thoughts, take a look at our growing up quotes, and cute quotes.