Quotes About Diligence

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

I trimmed my lamp, consumed the midnight oil.

You have to study a great deal to know a little.

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.

As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.

The definition of hell in the legal system is: endless due process and no justice; (in the corporate world) it would be: endless due diligence and no horse sense.

Whatever you do, do it well.

I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.

That was the nice thing about housework. No matter how dirty something got, you could fix it.

She works hard because she has to. She isn't attempting to discern an elusive calling. She is raising her babies, working for a living, doing the best she can with what she has. Her purpose may not venture outside the walls of her home. We will never know her name. She probably won't step into leadership or innovation or advocacy or social revolution. Yet she is also worthy of the calling she has received.

You must head down your path to riches with a sense of urgency or else you'll fall prey to distractions, laziness, limiting beliefs, procrastination, binge watching TV shows. Work with diligent focus and grateful expectation, do all you can every day to the best of your ability, remember that the sooner you achieve your financial goals, the longer you get to spend on Earth basking in your riches.

No matter how careful you are"..."there's always going to be a mess, and you're going to have to clean it up afterward.

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

I turned my attention back to Kaitlin, who now appeared to be very conscientiously stalking my shoelace.

every day's work will count.

Cómo se lo que va a pasar? Mi tarea es utilizar lo que ocurra con diligencia y habilidad.

There is no shame in making an honest effort.

I cannot call somebody 'hard-working' knowing only that they read and write. Even if 'all night long' is added, I cannot say it – not until I know the focus of all this energy.

It is a measure of the effort we are prepared to expend to guard against deception when accuracy is at a premium.

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

Don't leave "broken windows" (bad designs, wrong decisions, or poor code) unrepaired. Fix each one as soon as it is discovered. If there is insufficient time to fix it properly, then board it up. Perhaps you can comment out the offending code, or display a "Not Implemented" message, or substitute dummy data instead. Take some action to prevent further damage and to show that you're on top of the situation.

Try to be one of the first people in here, work your butt off in the weight room, asking questions, try to prepare yourself like a pro, like a vet. Stuff like that is what sits well with your team.

I am not a weirdo, a wacko, or an eccentric for wanting to do good, honest work on a day-to-day basis.