Quotes by scottish authors

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why. William Barclay

Life Day Great Birthday Born Days Discover Person Why Two

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! Walter Scott

First Weave Web Practise Tangled Deceive

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. George MacDonald

Trust Compliment Greater Trusted Than Being Loved

This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth. Donald Cargill

Day Saw Earth Joyful Most Pilgrimage Ever

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. William Barclay

Ability Bear Glory Just Endurance Turn Hard Hard Thing Thing

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. Peter Marshall

You Will Fall Stand For Something Something Anything Stand

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. Alexander Graham Bell

Too Late Sometimes Long Too Late See Open Closing Door Stare

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. Saint Patrick

Me Christ Before Beneath Beside Above Within Saint Patrick's Day Behind

A friend is a gift you give yourself. Robert Louis Stevenson

Friendship You Yourself Gift Give Friend

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson

Down Consequences Everyone Later Sooner Sooner Or Later Banquet

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. Robert Louis Stevenson

Success Man Laughed Well Often Loved Much Who Lived

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

Life Good Matter Holding Well Hand Poor Cards Playing

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. Peter Marshall

Freedom Opportunity Think Please May Right

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. John Buchan

Hope Elusive Charm Attainable Pursuit Occasions Perpetual Fishing Series

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. Oswald Chambers

God Religion Eyes Difficulties Our Pray

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. Adam Smith

Business Dinner Own Our Benevolence Baker Expect Regard Interest Butcher

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. David Hume

Wise Man Wise Man Evidence Proportions His Belief

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. Adam Smith

Poverty Real Tragedy Poor Aspirations

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. B. C. Forbes

Plants Spring Autumn Harvest Seeds Only Faithfully Farmer Who

Necessity dispenseth with decorum. Thomas Carlyle

Decorum Necessity