Quotes about Diligence
As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.
— William Wilberforce
I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn't feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.
— Joyce Meyer
It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.
— Virginia Woolf
Overcomers concentrate on details that go unnoticed by others. They do what needs to be done, even when no one is watching.
— David Jeremiah
Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away This is no time for thee to sleep Up, watch, and work, and pray!
— Horatius Bonar
Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen
— Conan O'Brien
Tzu-chang asked Master K'ung about Goodness. Master K'ung said, He who could put the Five into practice everywhere under Heaven would be Good. Tzu-chang begged to hear what these were. The Master said, Courtesy, breadth, good faith, diligence, and clemency.
— Confucius
It's the things no one sees that result in the things everyone wants.
— Craig Groeschel
As the sun moves higher in the cloudless sky, all the verses regarding seedtime and harvest come to mind, especially this one, which suits our hard-working Ruth: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."26
— Liz Curtis Higgs
A secretary must think like a man act like a lady look like a girl - and work like a dog.
— Anonymous
While I am busy with little things I am not required to do greater things.
— Francis de Sales
There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.
— Heather Bresch