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

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: Life Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and...

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and...

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

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...

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...

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

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...

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

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

It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into...

It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into...

Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and...

Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and...

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

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...

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun...

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun...

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.