Diligence Quotes
Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Carlyle, Thomas
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Chinese Proverb
Diligence is the basis of wealth, and thrift the source of riches.
Chinese Proverb
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
Cicero
Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.
Confucius
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
de Cervantes, Miguel
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Disraeli, Benjamin
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
Franklin, Benjamin
Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Johnson, Samuel
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
Johnson, Samuel
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill ... Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
Lavater, Johann Kaspar
Who makes quick use of the moment, is a genius of prudence.
Malagasy Proverb
Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.
Menander
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Mercier, Alfred
It is want of diligence rather than want of means that causes most fail-ures.
Michelangelo
The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.
Penn, William
Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
Plato
Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.
Shakespeare, William
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.
Shaw, George Bernard
When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work.
Smiles, Samuel
Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.