Diligence Quotes

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  Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

  Abigail Adams

  Inspirational, Education, Perseverance

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• Work is doing it. Discipline is doing it every day. Diligence is doing it well every day.

  Dave Ramsey

  Discipline, Wells

  Dave Ramsey (1999). “More than Enough: The Ten Keys to Changing Your Financial Destiny”, p.105, Penguin

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• There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.

  Oscar Micheaux

  Success, Perseverance, Hurdle

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• Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.

  David Bly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

  Confucius

  Life, Business, Philosophical

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• Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it.

  Henry Cloud

  Goal, Workplace, Persevere

  Henry Cloud, John Townsend (2006). “God Will Make a Way: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do”, p.292, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

  William Penn

  Patience, Mountain, Due Diligence

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.43, Courier Corporation

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• Everything yields to diligence.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Work, Yield, Motivational Work

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• What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

  Samuel Johnson

  Success, Dance, Life And Love

  Samuel Johnson (1831). “The Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works and Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons”, p.47

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• Against the backdrop of people who avoid work, cut corners, and do half-hearted jobs, a diligent man stands out. Practicing diligence is an excellent way to stand out for Christ at home, in the workplace, and even at church. Today, complete each one of your tasks, however big or small, with diligence.

  David Jeremiah

  Jobs, Home, Cutting

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• Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results.

  David A. Bednar

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

  Bill Hybels

  Discipline, Heaven, Doe

  Bill Hybels, Life work journal, Charles R. Swindoll, Larry Burkett (2000). “The Life@work Book”, W Publishing Group

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• Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.

  Laozi

  Humility, Heart, Compassion

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• Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.

  Vernon Howard

  Inspirational, Moving On, Spiritual

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• Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.

  Plato

  Rust, Brightness, Esteem

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• Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Life, Success, Mother

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• Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Life, Sloth, Overcoming

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.

  William James

  Motivational, Meaningful, Perseverance

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• When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Buddhist, Acceptance

  "Be Happy the Dalai Lama Way" by Corine Gatti, www.beliefnet.com.

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• The harder I work, the luckier I get.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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• Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Yoga, Procrastination, Done

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.49, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

  Alexander MacLaren

  God, Faith, Christian

  Alexander Maclaren (1869). “Sermons preached in Manchester”, p.57

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• Diligence is the mother of good luck.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Mother, Business

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

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• For dreams to come true, it requires diligence. Believing is the most important thing!

  Yunho

  Dream, Believe, Important

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