Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It is the far sight, the quiet and confident patience, that, above all other attributes, separate man from man, and near him to his Maker; and there is no action nor art, whose majesty we may not measure by this test.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.

People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser...and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic.

I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life, and guard and perfect all natural beauty upon the earth.

We must note carefully what distinction there is between a healthy and a diseased love of change; for as it was in healthy love of change that the Gothic architecture rose, it was partly in consequence of diseased love of change that it was destroyed.