Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

All that shakes falles not.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

. . . Wait, my child, wait and work on. Patience, patience. . . . .

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.

To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.

With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.

It is steady, reliable, tough. It never yields to panic. It is never defeated one-sidedly. It achieves everything attainable by character and tenacity.

Patience and perserverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong.

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their contemporaries!

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

Stay the course.

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.

Never give in and never give up.

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

The only plan was to persevere.

There is no time where I feel like I will fall off. I feel like I will always last.

If we are deprived of hope as well as fear, we are compensated by being given an almost endless patience for enduring or simply for waiting.

Real gold fears no fire.

Whatever you're doing, you must have patience.

Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can - working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.