Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics...

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...