Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit."

"Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies."

"Every man has a sane spot somewhere."

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."

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

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

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

"Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind."

"Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."

"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding."

"Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary."

"Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate."

"That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much."

"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer."

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."

"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."

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