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

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...

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 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...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

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...

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.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

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.

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...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

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...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand...

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand...

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a...

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a...