Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: Age Quotes

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

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...

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

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.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes....

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes....

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Summer is delicious. rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Summer is delicious. rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must...

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must...