Top 18 Quotes & Sayings by Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

One cannot live a creative life without first letting go of the fear of being wrong.

Listen to what children have to say-their windows to the soul are unclouded.

Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies genius and magic.

Yes no yes no yes no? Red blue? Yes red, no blue? No red, yes no? In out, up down? Do don't, can can't? Choices sit on the shelf life New shoes in a shoe shop. If the in crowd are squeezing into a must-have shoe And the one pair left are too tiny for you Don't feel compelled into choosing them If you're really a size 9, buy that size. While everyone else Hobbles round with sore feet Your choices should feel comfortable Or they aren't your choices at all. Why limp when you can sprint

Say a thing well and it will be remembered-and so too will you.

As soon as you recognize that you are able to control your thoughts, happiness will come within your reach.

Some people say there are plenty of fish in the sea - until you find love - then there is only one.

A word spoken in loving kindness is worth far more than any gift.

The happy person often walks, unshaken, along the path that a thousand unhappy people insist is wrong.

Life is rather like acting lessons while you are on stage giving a public performance!

Don't rely on others to show you the way. Carry your own map.

Happiness is the best adventure on earth.

Read something that YOU want to read, not something that you feel compelled to read.

Friendship is a tree to take shelter from the storm, to find shade from the blazing sun, to climb its bratches to get a better view, and to swing from when we're happy.

Sometimes the most exciting journey you can make is through your own imagination.

There is no safer feeling than the comfort of sheltering from life's storms in the harbor of friendship.

Try writing...a list, a letter, a journal, a novel, a declaration.

There is no greater thing two friends can do for each other than simply to be each other's friends.