--- title: "23 Done Quotes By John Ruskin" description: "23 Done quotes by John Ruskin. Plus more from John Ruskin and more Done sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/john-ruskin-314_done_a-great-thing-can-only-be-done-by-a-grea_1730639.jpg" --- > [A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/a-great-thing-can-only-be-done-by-a-great-person-and-they-do-it/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/john-ruskin-314_done_a-great-thing-can-only-be-done-by-a-grea_1730639.jpg) > [The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-sky-is-the-part-of-creation-in-which-nature-has-done-for-the-sake/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/john-ruskin-314_creation_the-sky-is-the-part-of-creation-in-which_683044.jpg) > [The best work never was and never will be done for money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-best-work-never-was-and-never-will-be-done-for-money/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/john-ruskin-314_best_the-best-work-never-was-and-never-will-b_2743584.jpg) > [Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/nothing-is-ever-done-beautifully-which-is-done-in-rivalship-or-nobly/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/john-ruskin-314_beauty_nothing-is-ever-done-beautifully-which-i_2019882.jpg) > [There is no action so slight or so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-no-action-so-slight-or-so-mean-but-it-may-be-done-to-a-great/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/john-ruskin-314_action_there-is-no-action-so-slight-or-so-mean_350988.jpg) > [No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/no-good-is-ever-done-to-society-by-the-pictorial-representation-of/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/john-ruskin-314_done_no-good-is-ever-done-to-society-by-the-p_1260344.jpg) > [I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-believe-the-right-question-to-ask-respecting-all-ornament-is-simply/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/john-ruskin-314_believe_i-believe-the-right-question-to-ask-resp_1140645.jpg) > [Human work must be done honourably and thoroughly, because we are now Men; whether we ever expect to be angels, or were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/human-work-must-be-done-honourably-and-thoroughly-because-we-are-now/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/john-ruskin-314_angel_human-work-must-be-done-honourably-and-t_3158018.jpg) > [Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/education-is-a-painful-continual-and-difficult-work-to-be-done-in/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/john-ruskin-314_difficult_education-is-a-painful-continual-and-dif_2372544.jpg) > [Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/borrowers-are-nearly-always-ill-spenders-and-it-is-with-lent-money/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/john-ruskin-314_borrowers_borrowers-are-nearly-always-ill-spenders_197726.jpg) > [It is a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. It is the part of creation in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-a-strange-thing-how-little-in-general-people-know-about-the-sky/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/john-ruskin-314_creation_it-is-a-strange-thing-how-little-in-gene_2039537.jpg) > [If a great thing can be done, it can be done easily, but this ease is like the of ease of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/if-a-great-thing-can-be-done-it-can-be-done-easily-but-this-ease-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/john-ruskin-314_blossoming_if-a-great-thing-can-be-done-it-can-be-d_2469722.jpg) > [There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-rough-work-to-be-done-and-rough-men-must-do-it-there-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/john-ruskin-314_done_there-is-rough-work-to-be-done-and-rough_803224.jpg) > [I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-have-not-written-in-vain-if-i-have-heretofore-done-anything-towards/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/john-ruskin-314_artist_i-have-not-written-in-vain-if-i-have-her_845334.jpg) > [Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/let-every-dawn-of-morning-be-to-you-as-the-beginning-of-life-and-3/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/john-ruskin-314_beginning-of-life_let-every-dawn-of-morning-be-to-you-as-t_2251990.jpg) > [Sky is the part of creation in which Nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man, more for the sole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/sky-is-the-part-of-creation-in-which-nature-has-done-more-for-the/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/john-ruskin-314_creation_sky-is-the-part-of-creation-in-which-nat_2832685.jpg) > [Let every dawn of the morning be to you as the beginning of life. And let every setting of the sun be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/let-every-dawn-of-the-morning-be-to-you-as-the-beginning-of-life-and/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/john-ruskin-314_beginning-of-life_let-every-dawn-of-the-morning-be-to-you_693898.jpg) > [There is large difference between indolent impatience of labor and intellectual impatience of delay, large difference between leaving things unfinished because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-large-difference-between-indolent-impatience-of-labor-and/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/john-ruskin-314_delay_there-is-large-difference-between-indole_3008107.jpg) > [It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-s-unwise-to-pay-too-much-but-it-s-worse-to-pay-too-little-when-you/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/john-ruskin-314_add_it-s-unwise-to-pay-too-much-but-it-s-wor_1583715.jpg) > [Compulsory education... It is a painful, continual, and difficult work; to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/compulsory-education-it-is-a-painful-continual-and-difficult-work-to/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/john-ruskin-314_compulsory_compulsory-education-it-is-a-painful-con_2531869.jpg) > [Failure is less attributable to either insufficiency of means or impatience of labours than to a confused understanding of the thing actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/failure-is-less-attributable-to-either-insufficiency-of-means-or/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/john-ruskin-314_confused_failure-is-less-attributable-to-either-i_367005.jpg) > [And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/and-remember-child-that-nothing-is-ever-done-beautifully-which-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/john-ruskin-314_children_and-remember-child-that-nothing-is-ever_53753.jpg) > [Whenever I did anything wrong, stupid or hard-hearted, and I have done many things that were all three, my mother always said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/whenever-i-did-anything-wrong-stupid-or-hard-hearted-and-i-have-done/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/john-ruskin-314_done_whenever-i-did-anything-wrong-stupid-or_2936465.jpg) ## Other authors on Done ## More by John Ruskin > [“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/occult-theft-theft-which-hides-itself-even-from-itself-and-is-legal/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/mighty-of-heart-mighty-of-mind-magnanimous-to-be-this-is-indeed-to-be/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/life-is-a-magic-vase-filled-to-the-brim-so-made-that-you-cannot-dip/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/as-in-the-instances-of-alchemy-astrology-witchcraft-and-other-such/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-am-far-more-provoked-at-being-thought-foolish-by-foolish-people/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/when-we-build-let-it-not-be-for-present-delights-nor-for-present-use/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-far-more-difficult-to-be-simple-than-to-be-complicated-far-more/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-a-good-and-safe-rule-to-sojourn-in-every-place-as-if-you-meant/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [“You may trust to the truth of my sympathy; but you must remember that I am engaged in the investigation of enormous religious and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-trust-to-the-truth-of-my-sympathy-but-you-must-remember-that/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/and-remember-child-that-nothing-is-ever-done-beautifully-which-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-s-unwise-to-pay-too-much-but-it-s-worse-to-pay-too-little/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-world-is-full-of-vulgar-purists-who-bring-discredit-on-all/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [Like other beautiful things in this world, its end (that of a shaft) is to be beautiful; and, in proportion to its beauty, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/like-other-beautiful-things-in-this-world-its-end-that-of-a-shaft-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [All are to be men of genius in their degree,--rivulets or rivers, it does not matter, so that the souls be clear and pure;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/all-are-to-be-men-of-genius-in-their-degree-rivulets-or-rivers-it/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every child just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-art-of-drawing-which-is-of-more-real-importance-to-the-human-race/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) ```json { "@context": 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