Quotes About Diligence

A no stone left unturned approach will find the very best people.

During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.

doing things well is generally more important than doing them quickly.

lack of self-confidence was considered, in Buddhism, to be a form of laziness,

Hard work, says the Scottish proverb, never killed a man.

Give me an upright heart which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon me also, O Lord my God, understanding to know Thee, diligence to seek Thee, wisdom to find Thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. —THOMAS AQUINAS (1225–1274)

I keep a box in which I store his artwork and writings, like his response to an assignment in which he has been asked if you should always try your best. "I don't think you should always try your best all the time," he writes, "because, let's say a drug atick asks you for drugs you should not try your best to find him some drugs." Another assignment that goes into the box is

Do your work not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishings sake--that little more which is worth all the rest.

As the sun shines I will make hayTo keep failure at bayFor there remaineth a payFor my honest toil each day.

Do what you can today. And keep working up until you can do everything you want to do in the day, every day.

Work and pray rather instead of watching and wishing.

Only and only handwork can get you to the front benches, where you get noticed by the God.

Success is not an event, it is the by product of the activities that transpired before engagement....

While you're here, work hard, work smart, and keep an open mind...

Kahit na anong talino mo pero ikaw ay tamad wala rin mangyayari sayo.

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices.

Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.

The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.

Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.

One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle person will never find their way to true knowledge.

Uno tiene que ponerse a la faena. El mundo está lleno de perezosos y de pesimistas que nada consiguen porque a nada se aplican, después se permiten quejarse y se sienten frustrados y alimentan su resentimiento hacia lo externo.

Patience is a virtue, Virtue is a grace; Both put together Make a very pretty face