Quotes on “Diligence”
Diligence
…begins by determining and fully understanding the task before me, and then acts to apply myself to the task with unremitting attention until I have completed it as well as I am able.
| “Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.” |
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Miguel De Cervantes
1547-1616, Spanish Novelist, Dramatist, Poet
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| “The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.” |
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Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher
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| “Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.” |
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Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author
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| “He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.” |
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Menander of Athens
BC 342-291 Greek Dramatic Poet
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| “That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in, and the best of me is diligence.” |
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William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
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| “Diligence in employments of less consequence is the most successful introduction to greater enterprises.” |
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Sir Francis Drake
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| “The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” |
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Abraham Lincoln
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| “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” |
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Holy Bible (NAS)
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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| “What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.” |
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John Milton
1608-1674, British Poet
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| “The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity; but the return to diligence is difficult, because it implies a change from rest to motion, from privation to reality.” |
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| “A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.” |
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Chinese Proverb
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| “Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.” |
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Malagasy Proverb
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| “The hand of the diligent will rule, but the slack will be put to forced labor.” |
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Holy Bible (NAS)
Proverbs 12:24
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