71 Quotes By Robert Louis Stevenson


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?
Robert Louis Stevenson on time

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
Robert Louis Stevenson on travel

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Robert Louis Stevenson on travel

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
Robert Louis Stevenson on truth

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
Robert Louis Stevenson on wisdom

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
Robert Louis Stevenson on action

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.
Robert Louis Stevenson on business

A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation.
Robert Louis Stevenson on prayer

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Robert Louis Stevenson on travel

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catchwords
Robert Louis Stevenson on words