Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevensonwas a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Child's Garden of Verses...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 November 1850
life retrospect action
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
funny life sweet
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
men vanity cases
Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
beauty nature eye
It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
inspirational motivational running
You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
inspirational life goal
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
leisure saddles
Sit loosely in the saddle.
inspirational lasts cruise
Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
toes young pleasant
It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
friendship cheer real-friends
No man is useless while he has a friend.
friendship marriage police
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
business work men
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
perseverance giving-up dont-give-up
Saints are sinners who kept on going.
soul desire alive
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.