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
Robert Louis Stevenson quotes about
destiny taste shells
It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.
spiritual memories animal
I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.
sympathy memories grateful
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
toes young pleasant
It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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!
life divorce acceptance
We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.
courage names everyday
Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.
life sports hope
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
life retrospect action
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
perseverance giving-up dont-give-up
Saints are sinners who kept on going.
indigestion reap
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
perfect solitude fellowship
There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
understanding emotion wells
A friend is somebody who loves us with understanding, as well as emotion.
unique spirit habit
I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.