Quotes About Diligence

For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellence, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations; and those who travel very slowly may yet make far greater progress, provided they keep always to the straight road, than those who, while they run, forsake it.

For 'tis not enough to have good faculties, but the principal is, to apply them well.

I]f thou loiter when thou shouldst labour, thou wilt lose the crown. O fall to work then speedily and seriously, and bless God that thou hast yet time to do it; and though that which is past cannot be recalled, yet redeem the time now by doubling thy diligence (260).

Lincoln bore down or anything he handled, mastering both the details and the principles.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Our calling in life really is this simple (although not therefore easy): We are to devote ourselves to working/building and keeping/protecting everything placed into our charge.

Of all men, Christians should work especially hard, giving more than an honest day's work for a day's wage.

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.

Six days shalt thou labor and do all thou art able,And on the seventh—holystone the decks and scrape the cable.

As has often been said, a ship is like a lady's watch, always out of repair.

Sully always maintained that if you had ten guys working on a rock pile, Rub would be the last you'd fire for laziness. Only when you'd fired all the others would you realize that Rub had not yet addressed his first rock.

Servants think about their work, not what others are doing.

Dirt never slept, so neither would Frobisher until he had swept it away. He was a man inclined to a metaphor.

hygienist. But

You must excel at the basic responsibilities of your job—and so you need to be certain what they are. Sure

He was no genius, but he showed up and did the work, and most times that was all it took to succeed at anything in life.

It was the study hour. Most of the monks were reading. A few were meditating, an activity that was suspiciously similar to dozing.

No habían perdido ni un minuto de su valioso tiempo en dormir.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased.

Keep your working power at its maximum.

He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers

Pursuing prayer is prayer on a mission. It is diligent, fervent, constant, persevering, determined, and convinced.

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.