By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

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

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.

To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.