One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum

Quote by Sir Walter Scott

Topics: Action Quotes, Life Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than...

Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er.

Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er.

Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.

Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.

Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than...

Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than...

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will,...

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will,...

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties...

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties...

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and...

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and...

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot...

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

Each age has deemed the new-born year. The fittest time for festal cheer

Each age has deemed the new-born year. The fittest time for festal cheer

Is death the last sleep? No - it is the last and final awakening.

Is death the last sleep? No - it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should...

Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...