Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.

You cannot run away from a weakness. You must sometimes fight it out or perish and if that be so why not now and where you stand?

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive and the true success is to labor.

For my part I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone but principally by catch words.

If a man loves the labour of his trade apart from any question of success or fame the gods have called him.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive and the true success is to labour.

There is but one art to omit.

Ah sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth and none or almost none for the disenchantments of age.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.