Quotes About Diligence

Furthermore, to say God's work is good enough is not to say that once we receive our lives we cannot improve them. We are clearly invited to work in the garden. In both Old and New Testaments we are given exhortations to be diligent with the lives we have. But there is a big difference between self-improvement and re-creation. Self-improvement is the humble perspective of good stewards, while re-creation is a desperate effort to surpass our created limitations.

Let us remember that the Savior is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and there can be no greater promise than to know that if we are faithful and true, we will one day be safely encircled in the arms of His love (see D&C 6:20). He is always there to give encouragement, to forgive, and to rescue. Therefore, as we exercise faith and are diligent in keeping the commandments, we have nothing to fear from the journey.

This was how mortals found fame, I thought. Through practice and diligence, tending their skills like gardens until they glowed beneath the sun.

Walk very lightly and carefully, Wade. Look behind every bush.

Keep your head down, fella. Do your job. Sell the product, write the contracts, negotiate the loans, attend the closings, bank your share and fatten the Keogh accordingly.

Let's take care of the little things while they're still little.

lawyers, they valued their time. As investigators, they had learned patience. The two roles were often in conflict.

Always be suspicious of easy work, Dr. Wilbur Larch once said to Homer Wells.

When your job's to make sure nothing ever happens," he'd once heard, "you begin to see nothing happening

And you know what genius is, Mose? It's endless attention to detail.

Study! Study ! Study! Get an education.

Let the schools teach the nobility of labour and the beauty of human service: but the superstitions of ages past? Never!

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

I know that aiming at perfection has its drawbacks. It makes you go into details that you can avoid but that is the only way you can achieve excellence. So, in that case, being finicky is essential.

Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.

Excellence does not require perfection.

Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over.

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.