“Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.”

“If you can't look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.”

“The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.”

“You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.”

“I think people make their own faces, as they grow.”

“Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of.”

“The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them — the point is that I know a good person when I see one.”

“It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.”

“There's a rainbow around every corner is a well known saying and is supposed to make negative people positive.”

“I'm good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.”

“It was such a lovely day too, and the sky and sea were so blue. They sat eating and drinking, gazing out to sea, watching the waves break into spray over the rocks beyond the old wreck.”

“Nothing like having a bucket of cold water flung over you to make you see things as they really are!”

“You may be a failure at the moment – but you’re a very fine failure, Darrell! You’re a lot better than some people who think they’re a success.”

“Adventures always come to the adventurous, there's no doubt about that!”

“Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.”

“No one is allowed to live here unless they first lose their tempers and then get permission from me to take a house”

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!”

“I don’t feel at all brave,’ thought Jack, ‘but I suppose a person is really bravest when he does something although he is frightened. So here goes!”

“But, except for a good shaking, and some fine big bruises, Fatty was not hurt at all. His fat had kept him from breaking any bones!”

“I shall go on believing you and trusting you every single time. And one day you'll be strong enough to keep your promise.”