Quotes about Diligence

Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him.

What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.

I think track records are very important. If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

That's the thing, never get complacent.

I]f thou loiter when thou shouldst labour, thou wilt lose the crown. O fall to work then speedily and seriously, and bless God that thou hast yet time to do it; and though that which is past cannot be recalled, yet redeem the time now by doubling thy diligence (260).

Servants think about their work, not what others are doing.

If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased.

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.