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.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Gifts Quotes, Habit Quotes

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

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

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

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...

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...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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,...

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

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

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

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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.

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little,...

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little,...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies.

Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies.