Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.

Don’t judge a book by its cover, discover the treasures within.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

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

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb, because that’s where the fruit is.

Marriage is one of the few institutions that allow a man to do as his wife pleases.

Life always looks better through the eyes of a child.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.

There’s no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

You don’t know what you can do until you try.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

You can’t control the winds, but you can adjust the sails.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Dream big and dare to fail.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

The best revenge is massive success.

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.