diligence Quotes

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

To give ones self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

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

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.

I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.

This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We're supposed to be really good at this. That doesn't mean we don't listen to customers, but it's hard for them to tell you what they want when they've never seen anything remotely like it.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.