Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Friends Quotes

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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...

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

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

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

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...

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?

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

A short absence is safest

A short absence is safest

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles...

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles...

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...