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Quotes About Diligence

It is not that I object to work, mind you; I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
~ Jerome K. Jerome
It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
~ Jerome K. Jerome
As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually.
~ Jerry Bridges
Livingston: What is the key to excellence for an engineer? Wozniak: You have to be very diligent. You have to check every little detail. You have to be so careful that you haven't left something out. You have to think harder and deeper than you normally would.
~ Jessica Livingston
Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A life of complete leisure is the hardest work of all.
~ John F. Kennedy
Work first, and then rest.
~ John Ruskin
To do your own work well, whether it be for life or death.
~ John Ruskin
My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.
~ Josh Radnor
I like to work and am a focused person.
~ Joyce Meyer
Most senators are just going to work and trying to do a job.
~ Judd Gregg
Do your homework, study the craft, believe in yourself, and out-work everyone.
~ Unknown
Keep integrity and your work ethics intact. So what if that means working a little harder; an honorable character is your best calling card, and that's something anyone can have!
~ Kathy Ireland
Aussie culture is pretty relaxed in general, but at the same time people know how to work really hard to go above and beyond what's expected of them.
~ Keiynan Lonsdale
Honestly, all I ever do is work.
~ Leighton Meester
The pen isn't really the weapon - the work ethic is the weapon.
~ Lemon Andersen
When I work, it can be a 16-hour day.
~ Linda Evangelista
The most important thing is work.
~ Lou Reed
I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.
~ Louis D. Brandeis
Head, you may think; heart, you may feel; But hand, you shall work alway!
~ Louisa May Alcott
Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push everything aside and just ultimately sit down and do the work.
~ Marc Guggenheim
I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.
~ Marilyn Monroe
Talent without work is useless, thank God
~ Mark Twain