If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Ethics Quotes

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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,...

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...

No man is useless while he has a friend.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

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.

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.

All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your...

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your...

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few...

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few...

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.