Quotes About Diligence

sucess is never achieved without hard wwork

Don't take my word for it! I challenge you to do your own homework.

All my life I've been surrounded by people who are smarter than I am, but I found I could always keep up by working hard.

Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.

You should always count aloud the number of times you strike the shuttle-cock, and you will be surprised to find how interesting the game begins to grow as your number mounts up, and how very anxious you become at last for fear the shuttle-cock should fall. Try as much as you can not to become excited about the game, because the moment you do so you become nervous, and may sometimes miss a blow that you would not have missed had you been cool.

The best cure for boredom is hard work.

Industry is the parent of fortune.

Plough deep, while Sluggards sleep...

Word by word the big books are made.

Many an angel, with its needle, toils beneath the snow.

Dull people have immaculate homes.

Get up early and go to bed late.

then it occurred to him that a worthy man dedicates himself not to one particular thing which attracts him, but to all tasks; and he

he who delights in work will not long remain unemployed.

The lazy man does the hardest work"

He who masters the small becomes the rightful possessor of the great.

Life is a series of lessons. Some are diligent in learning them, and they become pure, wise, and altogether happy. Others are negligent, and do not apply themselves. They remain impure, foolish, and unhappy.

The advice of Confucius to his disciples: "Eat at your own table as you would at the table of a king," emphasises the immeasurable importance of little things, as also does that aphorism of another great teacher, Buddha: "If anything is to be done, let a man do it, let him attack it vigorously." To neglect small tasks, or to execute them in a perfunctory or slovenly manner, is a mark of weakness and folly.

Level 5 leaders display a workmanlike diligence - more plow horse than show horse.

All comes to him who waits—and works.

I have asked people repeated follow-ups for a while and asked people uncomfortable questions for a while. I just try to hold people accountable.

If you give anything less than 120% as an actor then you end up looking uncomfortable.

You can never make the mistake of underestimating an opponent, especially in the Champions League.

Writing can be taken up at any point. But you need to remember that the arts are fundamentally unfair. Hard work and diligence won't necessarily take you all the way. Talent, nepotism, influence, and pure luck play a huge part.