Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. – John Ruskin
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. – John Ruskin
There is a working class – strong and happy – among both rich and poor: there is an idle class – weak, wicked, and miserable – among both rich and poor. – John Ruskin
The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than the furnace blast, is all in very deed for this — that we manufacture everything there except men. – John Ruskin