Quotes About Diligence

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

A sentence should be read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Some are 'industrious' and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say.

Do empenho vem a sabedoria e a pureza; da preguiça a ignorância e a sensualidade

He knew that all was well, because he had done the best that he could, from day to day. He had been true to the light that had been given to him

Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees his labor well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied, By idly waiting for time and tide!

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

My brother and I always had jobs and worked from a young age.

To my mind, the best investment a young man starting out in business can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies, to work - just plain, hard work.

You can't afford to be lazy in this business, and in the past I've used all the travelling and the hotels as an excuse not to stick to exercise regimes and looking after myself.

Regardless if what you do in the world, you do it good. You do your best, and you show up on time, and you leave and you do a good job, and you treat people the way you want to be treated.

Whatever job you're asked to do, whether you think it's mundane, boring, or beneath you, do the best job you can. No assignment should be treated as a task. Before you can climb the ladder, you need to build a good foundation.

Do more than expected, promise less than you can keep.

Commit to excellence, whatever you do. It will bring joy, happiness, and success for you.

It is the blessing of dumb work done close to the earth-one gritty minute at a time, we move forward.

What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one.

I believe in working hard all the time. I have faith that working hard is going to get me where I want to go.

I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.

All the other stuff without love? Not worth a whole lot. Love starts with ourselves and needs to be approached like anything else we want to master-with a lot of diligent studying and practicing!

I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.

Edit until your fingers bleed, then take a few deep breaths and edit some more...

Frequently renew settled and holy resolutions. A soldier unresolved to fight may be easily defeated...The weakness of our graces, the strength of our temptations, and the diligence of our spiritual enemies, require strong resolutions.

Routine wears down vigilance.