Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Cherish positive memories even during difficult times.
This quote by Robert Louis Stevenson suggests that, much like a bird finds joy in singing despite the rain, we should hold onto our grateful memories during times of sorrow. It emphasizes the importance of resilience and finding solace in the past when facing hardships.
Themes
GratitudeMemoriesSorrowResilienceHope
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
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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.
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The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
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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.
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