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Quotes About Diligence

Work hard. Be nice. Hurt no one.
~ Kim Gruenenfelder
Den, der raster, ruster.
~ Knud Rasmussen
There is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the right effort at the right place… do the next thing with diligence and devotion.
~ Carl Jung
The price of liberty is labor as well as vigilance.
~ Carl Scovel
Let me tell you that every man, whether he is born rich or poor, is obliged to do something in this world—to occupy himself, to work. Woe to those who lead slothful lives. Sloth is a dreadful illness and must be cured at once, in childhood. If not, when we are old it can never be cured.' Pinocchio
~ Carlo Collodi
Ayusin mo muna ang buhay mo. Pinagpala kang maganda. Isabay mo d'on ang pagiging masipag.
~ Carlo Vergara
Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog.
~ Caroline K. Simon
Pretty is the queen that rules our land, o'er hard-working peasants known by Substance.
~ Carrie Latet
hard work never killed anyone... but why take a chance?
~ Carson
How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice itself. Rather than being frustrated while on the plateau, you learn to appreciate and enjoy it just as much as you do the upward surges.
~ George Leonard
If you study calligraphy, you will find that those who are not so clever usually become the best calligraphers. Those who are very clever with their hands often encounter great difficulty after they have reached a certain stage. This is also true in art, and in life." The best horse, according to Suzuki, may be the worst horse. And the worst horse can be the best, for if it perseveres, it will have learned whatever it is practicing all the way to the marrow of its bones.
~ George Leonard
Always do more than is required of you.
~ George Patton
I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your hands are clean.
~ George R.R. Martin
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.
~ George Washington
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
~ George Washington
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.
~ George Washington
Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.
~ George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.
~ Georges-Louis Leclerc
Press forward with all diligence so that you may claim the promises of the Lord.
~ Gerald N. Lund
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.
~ Gerald R. Ford
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
~ Samuel Johnson
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
~ Anonymous
Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head. All zeal runs down. What replaces it? Intellectualism.
~ Arthur R. M. Lower