John Ruskin Quotes

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

If you ask me about my success story, the secret is I know when to pull myself back. I don't overexpose myself; I give proper gaps whenever I can. I do not over spend myself, I keep myself busy in lot of activities. I really work hard; I work harder than others, by focussing on my fitness level and studying music.

Work like your life depends on it, but remember it doesn't.

In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work

Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

Less is a bore.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

Hollywood could use less instead of more of everything.

Every dish doesn't have to be showy, and every dish doesn't have to slap you in the face with technique.

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.

I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'

I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree.