Famous John Ruskin Quotes
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
John Ruskin
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
John Ruskin
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.
John Ruskin
To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.
John Ruskin
He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.
John Ruskin
When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.
John Ruskin
No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.
John Ruskin
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
John Ruskin
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
John Ruskin
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.
John Ruskin
A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.
John Ruskin