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

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

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...

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do...

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude...

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude...