Robert Louis Stevenson

That a man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

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

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of intelligent men,and the love of children, who has filled his niche and accomplished his task, who leave the world a better place than he found it, whether by an improved poppy,a perfect poem or a rescued soul, who never lacked appreciation of the earths beauty or failed to express it, who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

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

Is there anything in life so disenchanting as attainment?

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

There is so much good in the worst of us, an so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves all of us not to talk about the rest of us.

The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.

You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

I know what pleasure is, for I have done good work.

A friend is a present you give yourself.

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

Najokrutniejsze kłamstwa często słyszy się w ciszy.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. (from El Dorado)

Nie osądzaj każdego dnia po plonach, które zbierasz, a po nasionach, które zasadzasz

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