Quotes About Diligence

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man

The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.

Some seek only the appearance of justice and virtues. Some seek real justice and virtues. Some others are too lazy to search at all.

To be conscientious. You must first be conscious.

If you have to cut corners to get it, without allowing yourself go through the process, you will not be able to keep it.

But when Bosch opened the files as part of his cold-case review, he took a different approach. He had always operated according to the axiom that everybody counts in this world or nobody counts. This belief dictated that he must give each case and each victim his best effort.

the best defense was a good lock or a mean dog. Or both.

Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.

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...

scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and your instruments, but in the end your preparations did not matter, or even your intuition. You needed your luck, and whatever benefits accrued to the diligent, through sheer, grinding hard work.

The Germans. They will always do the job they are given no matter what.

A lot of guys out here are very serious, and God bless them, that's their personality. It's not a sin to be business-like.

If you are sincere and true to your work, you will be respected. And for me, respect is power.

I work hard, I am punctual and believe that I am sincere.

I call myself a very sincere and responsible person.

Whatever film you do, even if it's a children's film, you do with the same amount of sincerity.

From my playing days, I have believed hard work and sincerity works.

I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.

We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.

I, sir, I just like to work. I'm humble.

I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.

I like being busy. I couldn't sit around the house all day and do nothing.

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.