Quotes About Diligence

Tut, man, don't sprawl there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.

I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb them, batter them, wear them out, who fill out all the margins with annotations of many kinds, and who prefer the marks of a fault they have erased to a neat copy full of faults.

The difference between mediocrity and excellence is often a matter of effort.

Immerse yourself in the meaning of the teachings, day after day, month after month, and the spiritual qualities of a bodhisattva will develop without difficulty, like honey collecting in the hive as the bees go from flower to flower, gathering nectar.

Big Things Happen When You Do the Little Things Right

The case called for plain, old-fashioned police leg work!

You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.

For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit.

You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life.

I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.

My grandma would quote Abraham Lincoln all the time: "Whatever you do in life, be a good one."

The worker faithful to the well has neither the intention, or time, to violate the name and the service of others.

Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

only three ingredients are needed to be a successful fundraiser: Hard work, hard work, and hard work.

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.

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I'm the guy who builds things. So when this dam is done, it will have Pete Conroy's name written on it somewhere. Even if nobody else in the world ever finds that place, it doesn't matter because I'll know that it was me and my men who did the job. Just as important, my men always come first. I get a lot more work out of men by treating them like decent human beings. I don't treat them like slaves, as some of the foremen do.

Indwelling sin remains in us even though it has been dethroned. And though it has been overthrown and weakened, its nature has not changed. Sin is still hostile to God and cannot submit to His law (Romans 8:7). Thus we have an implacable enemy of righteousness right in our own hearts. What diligence and watchfulness is required of us when this enemy in our souls is ready to oppose every effort to do good!

considered by itself, should never be used to promote passivity.

Singapore is what your city could become if everyone obeyed the rules, did their jobs diligently, and just shut up. When your city gets to be this paragon of efficiency and discipline, would you still want to live there? Singapore is a model city, which is terrific if you happen to be a model human.

Der Mensch soll lernen, nur die Ochsen büffeln

slothful not to compress your thoughts," he said.

looked at the tires carefully, looking for cuts or stone bruises. Everything seemed in good condition. It evidently made no difference whether I was there to look after things or not.