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8/21/11

JOHN RUSKIN Quotes


"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money." ~John Ruskin, 1819-1900, English Author/Poet/Artist Popular search terms:thought for kindness

"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth." ~John Ruskin

"Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections." ~John Ruskin

"Dream lofty dreams and as you dream, so shall you become." ~John Ruskin

"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity." ~John Ruskin

"I know well that happiness is in little things." ~John Ruskin

"In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children." ~John Ruskin

"It is the poetry of nature, it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. " ~John Ruskin

"It is written on the arched sky, it looks out from every star.  It is the poetry of nature, it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. " ~John Ruskin 

"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty, if only we have the eyes to see them." ~John Ruskin

"Nothing can be beautiful which is not true." ~John Ruskin

"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless, peacocks and lilies for instance." ~John Ruskin

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." ~John Ruskin

"The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it." ~John Ruskin

“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” ~John Ruskin

"There's no music in a 'rest' that I knw of: but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing tat part of the life melody" ~John Ruskin (TFBFG 1985)

"To watch the corn grow and the blossom set; to draw hard breath over the ploughshare and the spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray - these are the things that make men happy." ~John Ruskin (TFBFG 1998)

"There is no wealth but life." ~John Ruskin

"Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you." ~John Ruskin

"When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece." ~John Ruskin

"When we build, let us think that we build for ever." ~John Ruskin

"You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with them, or too grasping to care for what you can not turn to other accounts than mere delight." ~John Ruskin

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