Quotes About Diligence

Do the little things others won't to have the big things others don't.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.

Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the older generation is to command respect, or even a hearing, from the young.

There is no shortcut to excellence.

here, to make sure she didn't move. Then whoever it was

Today I will work harder then everyone else, so tomorrow I don't have to work like everyone else

Drop by drop is a water pot filled. Likewise, the wise person, gathering it little by little, fills themselves with good." THE BUDDHA (DHAMMAPADA, VERSE 122)

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

No job is ever "beneath" you. In whatever you do, do it to the best of your abilities.

Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.

But maybe that's the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.

No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act.

The world would be a real mess if everybody was a genius. Somebody's got to keep watch, take care of business.

The number of people who could deliver a kick to the balls with Aomame's mastery must have been few indeed. She had studied kick patterns with great diligence and never missed her daily practice.

It is beyond a doubt that everyone should have time for some special delight, if only five minutes each day to seek out a lovely flower or cloud or star, or learn a verse to brighten another's dull task. What is the use of such terrible diligence as many tire themselves out with, if they always postpone their exchanges of smiles with Beauty and Joy to cling to irksome duties and relations?

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

I've always been a pretty hard worker. That's how I've written over a hundred books.

I had so many people care so much and work so diligently to make sure I didn't end up in the wrong place.

Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.

I feel like I'm kind of lazy, but I keep the yard looking good.

I never really take shortcuts. I was always one of those people who, instead of cutting across someone's yard on the way home from school, I would go to the end of the block and turn.

For some reason, I think that I'm not doing enough work. People are like, 'You're on a series right now,' but I'm always like, 'Yeah, but I can do more!'

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.