The greatest reward is not what we receive for our labor, but what we become by it. John Ruskin View this quote
What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do. John Ruskin
John Ruskin
A book is written, not to multiply the voice merely, not to carry it merely, but to preserve it. The author has something to say which he perceives to be true and useful, or helpfully beautiful. John Ruskin
A book worth reading is worth buying. John Ruskin
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. John Ruskin
A man is known to his dog by the smell – to his tailor by the coat – to his friend by the smile: each of these know him, but how little, or how much, depends on the dignity of the intelligence. That which is truly and indeed characteristic of the man, is known only to God. John Ruskin
A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself. John Ruskin
All really great pictures, therefore, exhibit the general habits of nature, manifested in some peculiar, rare, and beautiful way. John Ruskin
All that you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it – above all, not to boast of what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of ‘virtue’ is in that straightness of back. John Ruskin
All the other passions do occasional good, but whenever pride puts in its word, everything goes wrong. John Ruskin
An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men. John Ruskin
English writer and art critic
February 8th, 1819 - January 20th, 1900
