"Everything yields to diligence." — Thomas Jefferson
"Everything yields to diligence."
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Thomas Jefferson
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
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Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
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[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able…
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
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It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral…
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The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
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If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better…
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature,…
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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
— Abigail Adams
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You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you…
— Julie Benz
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
— Samuel Johnson
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No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a…
— Nelson Mandela
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The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we…
— John Owen
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly…
— William James
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When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way,…
— Laozi
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To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended…
— Samuel Johnson
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If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it…
— Nikola Tesla
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