This is the true nature of home - it is the place of Peace the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division. John Ruskin More Quotes by John Ruskin More Quotes From John Ruskin It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better. John Ruskin business running motivational There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. John Ruskin inspirational men people Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship. Quality also marks the search for an ideal after necessity has been satisfied and mere usefulness achieved. John Ruskin intelligent choices wise The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. John Ruskin motivational inspirational life Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. John Ruskin inspiring motivational inspirational 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 acceptance motivational believe Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty. John Ruskin sunset nature appreciation When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think ... that a time is to come when these stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor, and the wrought substance of them, See! This our fathers did for us! John Ruskin future men father People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser...and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic. John Ruskin class two people In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. John Ruskin bottom pride mistake When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin motivational inspirational love One can't be angry when one looks at a penguin. John Ruskin penguins anger looks I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. John Ruskin humility motivational believe 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 sunshine nature rain The true end of education is not only to make the young learned, but to make them love learning; not only to make them industrious, but to make them love industry; not only to make them virtuous, but to make them love virtue; not only to make them just, but to make them hunger and thirst after justice. John Ruskin hunger-and-thirst education justice Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. John Ruskin consumerism simplicity workout Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. John Ruskin family love children All art is but dirtying the paper delicately. John Ruskin drawing paper art Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit. John Ruskin garden caring heart The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most. John Ruskin thoughtful color art
