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
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.
understanding emotion wells
A friend is somebody who loves us with understanding, as well as emotion.
wise song jesus
Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.
summer song flower
In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfies See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over And all the summer flowers, The red fire blazes, the grey smoke towers. Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all, Flowers in the summer Fires in the fall!
men spots sane
Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
hiking church mountain
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.