Quotes About Diligence

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.

Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.

Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and, most of all, self-discipline.

Doodling serves as a means of keeping the hand or fingers limber, so that they are always ready for serious work.

The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.

I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for.

Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.

Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful.

Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.

All work and no play may make Jim a dull boy, but no work and all play makes Jim all kinds of a jackass.

Work like Hell. Share all you know. Abide by your handshake. Have fun.

You must always work.

There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.

Work ethic must exceed the expectation level.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

Hard work is good for the soul, and it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself because you don't have time.