Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Walter Scott Quotes: One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.
         

One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.


Walter Scott
Check all other quotes by Walter Scott

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Walter Scott Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/One-hour-of-life-crowded-to-the-269733>.




Check out


Other quotes of Walter Scott


For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.



It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.



To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.



The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.



O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!



Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.



Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.



If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.



How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.



Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.





Other quotes you may like


The splendor of God's work is the beauty of stars.

The splendor of God's work is the beauty of stars.



We have to remember that not every action taken to solve a problem will be free of unforeseen consequences. No matter how good our intentions.

We have to remember that not every action taken to solve a problem will be free of unforeseen consequences. No matter how good our intentions.



I like to think of myself less like 'an adult' and more like a 'former fetus.'

I like to think of myself less like 'an adult' and more like a 'former fetus.'



The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships.

The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships.



The fictional treatment of biographical material - a treatment that for me is essential - is full of traps.

The fictional treatment of biographical material - a treatment that for me is essential - is full of traps.



None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.



If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.



I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.

I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.



Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural.

Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.". Author of this quote is Walter Scott. .