Quotes about Diligence
Someone once defined hard work as the accumulation of the easy things you didn't do when you should have.
- John Maxwell
We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.
- Abraham Lincoln
I am always for the man who wishes to work.
- Abraham Lincoln
Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.
- Calvin Coolidge
I grew up believing that the willingness and ability to work is the basic ingredient of successful farming. Hard, intelligent work is the key. Use it, and your chances for success are good.
- Ezra Taft Benson
A good solid bit of work lasts.
- George Eliot
I don't know how to get anything done except getting on my knees and pleading for help and then getting on my feet and going to work.
- Gordon Hinckley
Work is not optional for those able to do work, and that's most of us. There are to be no shirkers in the Lord's kingdom.
- Eric Metaxas
Follow the evidence to where it leads, even if the conclusion is uncomfortable.
- Steven James
Whatever you Do — Do it Well — to the Finish.
- Napoleon Hill
When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.
- Thomas Merton
Deuteronomy 6:6, 7: These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
- Kay Arthur