Quotes About Diligence

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life" (Prov. 4:23 KJV).

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. COLOSSIANS 3:23–24 NASB

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'

Without haste, but without rest.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.

How withered away one can be from a life of unremitting toil.

Let frugality and industry be our virtues.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

it is the sum of small things successfully done that lifts a life out of bondage to the humdrum.

Do one thing at a time and do that one thing as if your life depended upon it.

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

An artist's working life is marked by intensive application and intense discipline.

During a very busy life I have often been asked, "How did you manage to do it all?" The answer is very simple. It is because I did everything promptly.

Do not envy those who seem to be naturally gifted; it is often a curse, as such types rarely learn the value of diligence and focus, and they pay for this later in life.

Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.

But a young man should be ambitious to shine, and excel; alert, active, and indefatigable in the means of doing it.

The steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind.

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

The worst part of dealing with his sisters was that they were all so damned smart. Ever since he'd returned to the Parker family headquarters he'd tried to be "helpful" and get the mail himself. But it didn't arrive consistently, and he couldn't be walking out to the street every five minutes all day long. "Oh?" he muttered, allowing himself only a brief glance at the letter before returning

No hay en toda la Tierra gente más aficionada al trabajo que los catalanes. Si supieran hacer algo, se harían los amos del mundo.