Quotes about Diligence

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

Laziness means more work in the long run.

Holes in socks are sorta like sin, Josh. If you don't tend to them right away when they're small and controllable, they grow with amazing speed.

if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Slothful and lazy souls never obtain one view of this glory. The "lion in the road" deters them from attempting it (Prov 26:13).58 Being carnal, they abhor all diligence in the use of spiritual means, such as prayer and meditation, which to them are uneasy, unpleasant, and difficult. But for others, this way shares in the blessings of the promised destination. The means of obtaining a view of the glory of Christ are of the same kind and pleasantness of the view itself.

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

Fear God and work hard.

One reason many of us never get an answer to our prayers is that all we do is pray.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.