Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Life's journey is challenging, and true friendship is one of the greatest treasures we can find.
In this quote, Robert Louis Stevenson uses the metaphor of traveling through a wilderness to describe life's journey. He emphasizes that as we navigate the complexities and challenges of the world, finding an honest and true friend is one of the most valuable rewards, highlighting the importance of genuine relationships in our lives.
Themes
FriendshipJourneyHonestyTrustLife
In practice
Example use cases
During a wedding toast to honor the couple's lifelong friendship.
More from Robert Louis Stevenson
All quotes βLike a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing, yet avoided.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters . . . I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
Similar quotes
I have female friends who work in all different mediums who I speak to at least once a week. It helps me so much to know that I'm not alone. I think that's the bare minimum you need to sustain yourself - some sort of context of other women making things.
Miranda JulyRead
I never had intimate friends, and the few who came close are in New York. By which I mean they're dead, because that's where I suppose condemned souls go in order not to endure the truth of their past lives.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezRead
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
MartialRead
I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.
Hedy LamarrRead
And if Sam considered himself lucky, Frodo knew he was more lucky himself; for there was not a hobbit in the Shire that was looked after with such care.
J. R. R. TolkienRead
Friendship is a sheltering tree.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRead