"The father of every good work is discontent,……" — Unknown Author

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• 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… — Julie Benz
• Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any… — Miguel de Cervantes
• The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought… — Samuel Johnson
• No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply… — 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… — Nelson Mandela
• The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we… — John Owen
• A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly… — William James
• When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way,… — Laozi
• To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended… — Samuel Johnson
• 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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