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.

Quote by John Ruskin

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Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

God alone can finish

God alone can finish

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If...

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If...

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by...

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by...

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

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.

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Imperfections are important. Just as mistakes are. You only get to be good by learning...

Imperfections are important. Just as mistakes are. You only get to be good by learning...