Industrious Quotes

104 quotes by 89 authors

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well. — Johann Sebastian Bach
More than any other nation on Earth, America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants. In each generation, they have… — William J. Clinton
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to… — Benjamin Haydon
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious. — Horace
Out of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just that an honest and industrious… — Frances Perkins
Truly, this earth is a trophy cup for the industrious man. And this rightly so, in the service of natural selection. He who does not… — Adolf Hitler
There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work… — H. M. Tomlinson
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. — Thomas Jefferson
The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and indignation that… — James Madison
The true end of education is not only to make the young learned, but to make them love learning; not only to make them industrious,… — John Ruskin
What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on the contrary, he… — Charles Dunoyer
Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and courtier. But the… — Augustin Thierry
Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies. — E. W. Howe
By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it… — Alexander Hamilton
I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying… — Edna O'Brien
We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong,… — Joaquin Phoenix
I propose a limitation be put on how many sqares [sic] of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want… — Sheryl Crow
Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle,… — Richard Bach
Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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