Walter Scott Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Walter Scott quotes, Walter Scott sayings, and Walter Scott proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening. Walter Scott
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. Walter Scott
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. Walter Scott
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so. Walter Scott
Each age has deemed the new-born year. The fittest time for festal cheer. Walter Scott
Her blue eyes sought the west afar, for lovers love the western star. Walter Scott
When dark December glooms the day, and takes our autumn joys away. Walter Scott
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. Walter Scott
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. Walter Scott
It's no fish ye're buying, it's men's lives. Walter Scott
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. Walter Scott
Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame! Walter Scott
The faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest. Walter Scott
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself. Walter Scott
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening Walter Scott
That day of wrath, that dreadful day. When heaven and earth shall pass away. Walter Scott
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. Walter Scott
There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. Walter Scott
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! Walter Scott
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. Walter Scott
Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion. Walter Scott
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so. Walter Scott
To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue. Walter Scott
And the pleased lake, like maiden coy, / Trembled but dimpled not for joy; / The mountain shadows on her breast / Were neither broken nor at rest; Walter Scott
Thus up the margin of the lake, / Between the precipice and the brake, / O'er stock and rock their race they take. Walter Scott
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt. Walter Scott
This world is a dream within a dream; and as we grow older, each step is an awakening. Walter Scott
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. Walter Scott
I must admit that at one point in my life I get jealous over nothing and it causes me sleepless night. Walter Scott
Breathes there the nun. with soul so dead, / Who never to himself hath said, / This is my own, my native land! / Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn’d / As home his footsteps he hath turn'd / From wandering on a foreign strand! Walter Scott