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Top 30 David Niven Quotes (2025 Update)

David Niven Quote: “Never stop learning and adapting. The world will always be changing. If you limit yourself to what you knew and what you were comfortable with earlier in your life, you will grow increasingly frustrated with your surroundings as you age.”

1. “Never stop learning and adapting. The world will always be changing. If you limit yourself to what you knew and what you were comfortable with earlier in your life, you will grow increasingly frustrated with your surroundings as you age.”

— David Niven

David Niven Quote: “Dreams don’t have an expiration date.”

2. “Dreams don’t have an expiration date.”

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David Niven Quote: “But Champagne is not drinking.”

3. “But Champagne is not drinking.”

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David Niven Quote: “Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I’m very scared. I don’t want to be old. I’ve always felt so young. And I want to stay that way.”

4. “Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I’m very scared. I don’t want to be old. I’ve always felt so young. And I want to stay that way.”

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David Niven Quote: “I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in.”

5. “I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in.”

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David Niven Quote: “Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously, it’ll all work out in the end.”

6. “Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously, it’ll all work out in the end.”

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David Niven Quote: “Malta is a sod of a place.”

7. “Malta is a sod of a place.”

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David Niven Quote: “True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.”

8. “True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.”

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David Niven Quote: “Ultra competitive people who always need to win end up enjoying things less.”

9. “Ultra competitive people who always need to win end up enjoying things less.”

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David Niven Quote: “There are wonderful people out there but also wonderful people right here.”

10. “There are wonderful people out there but also wonderful people right here.”

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David Niven Quote: “You can count on Errol Flynn, he’ll always let you down.”

11. “You can count on Errol Flynn, he’ll always let you down.”

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David Niven Quote: “Tell me that I misunderstood a joke, but don’t tell me that my choice of cravat is wrong.”

12. “Tell me that I misunderstood a joke, but don’t tell me that my choice of cravat is wrong.”

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David Niven Quote: “I wonder why it is, that young men are always cautioned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad girl. It’s the good girls men should be warned against.”

13. “I wonder why it is, that young men are always cautioned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad girl. It’s the good girls men should be warned against.”

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David Niven Quote: “Isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?”

14. “Isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?”

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David Niven Quote: “Champagne offers a minimum of alcohol and a maximum of companionship.”

15. “Champagne offers a minimum of alcohol and a maximum of companionship.”

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David Niven Quote: “If you could do something that would make people happy, and it would cost you neither money nor time, would you do it? If that same thing made you happy, would you do it? What is this magical thing that will brighten your day and the days of people around you and yet cost you nothing? A smile.”

16. “If you could do something that would make people happy, and it would cost you neither money nor time, would you do it? If that same thing made you happy, would you do it? What is this magical thing that will brighten your day and the days of people around you and yet cost you nothing? A smile.”

— David Niven

David Niven Quote: “Tomorrow, Trubshawe, I am going to get married again, thereby quite possibly making the greatest mistake of my life.”

17. “Tomorrow, Trubshawe, I am going to get married again, thereby quite possibly making the greatest mistake of my life.”

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David Niven Quote: “I have a face that is a cross between two pounds of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes closet.”

18. “I have a face that is a cross between two pounds of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes closet.”

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David Niven Quote: “Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.”

19. “Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.”

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David Niven Quote: “Do something today that reflects who you are, what you are capable of, what you care about. Give yourself plenty of evidence of what you can do, and you will not doubt your abilities to do anything.”

20. “Do something today that reflects who you are, what you are capable of, what you care about. Give yourself plenty of evidence of what you can do, and you will not doubt your abilities to do anything.”

— David Niven

David Niven Quote: “Looking at a problem the same way over and over again is entirely unproductive. We will fail unless we give our minds a way to look at the situation from a new perspective.”

21. “Looking at a problem the same way over and over again is entirely unproductive. We will fail unless we give our minds a way to look at the situation from a new perspective.”

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David Niven Quote: “Stardom is like making love in a hammock – a happy experience but one of uncertain duration.”

22. “Stardom is like making love in a hammock – a happy experience but one of uncertain duration.”

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David Niven Quote: “A philosopher once noted that people long for immortality but run out of things to do on a rainy afternoon.”

23. “A philosopher once noted that people long for immortality but run out of things to do on a rainy afternoon.”

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David Niven Quote: “Spending your time imagining what would have been if you could have changed some little thing, some little decision in your life, is counterproductive and leaves you unhappy. Think about how you can improve for the future, but don’t waste your present thinking about how you could have changed the past.”

24. “Spending your time imagining what would have been if you could have changed some little thing, some little decision in your life, is counterproductive and leaves you unhappy. Think about how you can improve for the future, but don’t waste your present thinking about how you could have changed the past.”

— David Niven

David Niven Quote: “Max, for some people there are no victories, just alternate forms of losing.”

25. “Max, for some people there are no victories, just alternate forms of losing.”

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David Niven Quote: “This is a terrible confession to make, but after I left the Army I had a number of things to try. I had a great conceit to think that if all else failed I could always go to Hollywood. So when all else did fail I really went to Hollywood. And then I found out how wrong I was.”

26. “This is a terrible confession to make, but after I left the Army I had a number of things to try. I had a great conceit to think that if all else failed I could always go to Hollywood. So when all else did fail I really went to Hollywood. And then I found out how wrong I was.”

— David Niven

David Niven Quote: “Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.”

27. “Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.”

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David Niven Quote: “I enjoy reality as much as the next man. It’s just that in my case, fortunately, reality includes a good stiff belt every now and then.”

28. “I enjoy reality as much as the next man. It’s just that in my case, fortunately, reality includes a good stiff belt every now and then.”

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David Niven Quote: “Thomas Ward found, we are twice as creative when the first impulse doesn’t work.”

29. “Thomas Ward found, we are twice as creative when the first impulse doesn’t work.”

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David Niven Quote: “I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it’s not that easy. Acting is what’s easy.”

30. “I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it’s not that easy. Acting is what’s easy.”

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David Niven Quote: “I’ve been lucky enough to win an Oscar, write a best-seller – my other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre. The only way that’s going to happen is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemen’s lavatory.”

31. “I’ve been lucky enough to win an Oscar, write a best-seller – my other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre. The only way that’s going to happen is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemen’s lavatory.”

— David Niven

David Niven Quote: “Actors don’t retire. They just get offered fewer roles.”

32. “Actors don’t retire. They just get offered fewer roles.”

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