What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: Intelligent Quotes, Life Quotes

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

There is no wealth but life.

There is no wealth but life.

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

I am an atheist, thank God!

I am an atheist, thank God!

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil;...

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil;...

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.

They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is...

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is...

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest...

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest...