Robert Louis Stevenson Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Robert Louis Stevenson quotes, Robert Louis Stevenson sayings, and Robert Louis Stevenson proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Passion... like other violent excitements...throws up not only what is best, but what is worst and smallest, in men's characters. Robert Louis Stevenson
Lastly (and this is, perhaps, the golden rule) no woman should marry a teetotaller, or a man who does not smoke. Robert Louis Stevenson
If you keep drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel. Robert Louis Stevenson
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate. Robert Louis Stevenson
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. Robert Louis Stevenson
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
I wished a companion to lie near me in the starlight, silent and not moving, but ever within touch. For there is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. Robert Louis Stevenson
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords. Robert Louis Stevenson
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson
If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also. Robert Louis Stevenson
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. Robert Louis Stevenson
A great part of life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure. Robert Louis Stevenson