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Quotes About Diligence

My dreams were therefore undisturbed by reality; and I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life.
~ Mary Shelley
My dreams were therefore undisturbed by reality; and I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life.
~ Mary Shelley
I read my books with diligence, and mounting skill, and gathering certainty. I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.
~ Mary Shelley
If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Character is built little by little, over days, weeks, months, and years, with thousands of small and seemingly insignificant acts of discipline.
~ Matthew Kelly
Demanding immediate results is an aspect of unsteadiness of mind or laziness.
~ Matthieu Ricard
there's no such thing as a lousy job—only lousy men who don't care to do it.
~ Ayn Rand
honesty, and hard work, and empathy
~ Barack Obama
work is essential.
~ Barack Obama
hours, she took forever over her morning
~ Barbara Michaels
The trick was to assume the worst and act accordingly.
~ Barry Eisler
Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.
~ Stephen R. Covey
It has everything to do with having a wrong map. If you have the right map of Chicago, then diligence becomes important, and when you encounter frustrating obstacles along the way, then attitude can make a real difference. But the first and most important requirement is the accuracy of the map.
~ Stephen R. Covey
would be so positive, you'd be happy wherever you were. The point is, you'd still be lost. The fundamental problem has nothing to do with your behavior or your attitude. It has everything to do with having a wrong map. If you have the right map of Chicago, then diligence becomes important, and when you encounter frustrating obstacles along the way, then attitude can make a real difference. But the first and most important requirement is the accuracy of the map.
~ Stephen R. Covey
Explora tu corazón con diligencia, pues de él fluyen las fuentes de la vida».
~ Stephen R. Covey
Many people wait for something to happen or someone to take care of them. But people who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with correct principles, to get the job done.
~ Stephen R. Covey
The Psalmist expressed our conviction well: "Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.
~ Stephen R. Covey
our conviction well: "Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.
~ Stephen R. Covey
Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision's no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that's what counts.
~ Stephen Sondheim
People who do "lowly" jobs with love and energy find themselves being promoted and offered other "better" jobs very quickly. Because they understand what Robert Frost meant when he said, "The way out is through.
~ Steve Chandler
Slow And steady wins every time.
~ Steve Davis
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
~ Steven Pinker
They matters of correct usage pale in importance behind coherence, classic style, and overcoming the curse of knowledge, to say nothing of standards of intellectual conscientiousness. If you really want to improve the quality of your writing, or if you want to thunder about sins in the writing of others, the principles you should worry about the most are not the ones that govern fused participles and possessive antecedents by the ones that govern critical thinking and factual diligence.
~ Steven Pinker
Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
~ Swami Sivananda