Diligence Quotes

186 quotes by 141 authors

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. — Abigail Adams
You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success. — Julie Benz
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. — Miguel de Cervantes
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to… — Samuel Johnson
No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. — Benjamin Disraeli
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with… — Nelson Mandela
The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made partakers of Christ… — John Owen
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last. — William James
When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be… — Laozi
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect… — Samuel Johnson
If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be,… — Nikola Tesla
So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence, they will prevail… — John Owen
I would beg the wise and learned fathers (of the church) to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters of mere opinion… — Galileo Galilei
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow [sic] which can be done… — Abraham Lincoln
The father of every good work is discontent, and its mother is diligence. — Lajos Kassak
Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence. — Bill Hybels
Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful. — Mark Twain
The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking,… — Adam Smith
War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice. — Alexander Hamilton

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