Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.

You have to make peace with life.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

I don't feel very revengeful in life at all.

It's so easy to be there when it's all sunshine, but it really takes strength and courage to be there for each other during the dark times.

Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

God is with those who persevere.

He who is strong, concedes.