Top 100 Quotes About Diligence
#1. Whilst you have not yet reached the finishing line, work hard with diligence and tenacity!
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#2. If you ain't smart, diligence can solve it.
Toba Beta
#3. The little time that remains between this moment and our death, should quicken our diligence to inherit the endless and unchangeable eternity of God.
Stephen Charnock
#4. Parents are supposed to instill a sense of right and wrong in their children and then keep up the due diligence necessary to make sure they don't veer off that path.
LZ Granderson
#5. You are capable of coming back to your best and highest self, but you must maintain this practice. Don't allow yourself to get distracted and forget to practice. Practice regularly, daily, with the support of your family, friends, and community - this is diligence.
Thich Nhat Hanh
#7. STRIVE with all diligence to keep out that monster unbelief. It so dishonours Christ, that He will withdraw His visible presence if we insult Him by indulging it.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
#8. Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.
Plato
#9. 36. It is only diligence that makes man to have the desired well being
Sunday Adelaja
#10. God will use anybody that will show diligence in his work
Sunday Adelaja
#13. No one expects to attain to the height of learning, or arts, or power, or wealth, or military glory, without vigorous resolution, strenuous diligence, and steady perseverance. Yet we expect to be Christians without labour, study, or inquiry.
William Wilberforce
#14. But their discovery of the void brings with it new implications: not only that they must continue on in their actions and diligence, no longer considered as duties but as gratuitous, senseless routines, but also the exhilarating realization that all is nothing but a game.
Pier Paolo Pasolini
#15. Being focused means been diligence and diligence always makes a person rich
Sunday Adelaja
#16. The diligence took another terrific bounce.
Stephen King
#17. Transient are conditioned things. Try to accomplish your aim with diligence.
Gautama Buddha
#18. If you are of any account, stay at home and make your way by faithful diligence; but if you are "no account," go away from home, and then you will have to work, whether you want to or not. Thus you become a blessing to your friends by ceasing to be a nuisance to them
Mark Twain
#19. When you focus on diligence and hard work miracle will come to you
Sunday Adelaja
#20. But when that information travels only to a privileged few, when it is used to profit at the expense of the investing public, when that information comes by way of favored access rather than by acumen, insight or diligence, we must ask, 'Whose interest is really being served?'.
Arthur Levitt Jr
#22. Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision
Myles Munroe
#23. I've discovered it is not sufficient simply to try to take time for quietness but that I must, with all diligence, make time. Whatever keeps me from prayer, solitude, and the Bible, however good it appears, is my enemy if I am to be God's devoted friend and follower.
Tommy Barnett
#24. I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them.
Henry Hudson
#25. Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.
Hesiod
#27. We are to learn our duty from the Lord, and then we are to act in all diligence, never being lazy or slothful. The pattern is simple but not easy to follow. We are so easily distracted.
Henry B. Eyring
#28. Boundaries help us to distinguish our property so that we can take care of it. They help us to "guard our heart with all diligence." We need to keep things that will nurture us inside our fences and keep things that will harm us outside.
Henry Cloud
#29. Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward.
Lewis Howard Latimer
#30. We need to commit to serve the Lord and our communities with the same diligence and faith that the pioneers had. We must ever be on our guard that we do not become casual in keeping God's commandments, in abiding by His laws, and in being honest and trustworthy in all that we do.
M. Russell Ballard
#31. Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from God, accompanied by individual repentance, obedience, and diligence.
David A. Bednar
#32. Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains and flourishes, all prospers with the state; 'tis head and empress of all arts and faculties. Let but divinity fall, and I would not give a straw for the rest.
Martin Luther
#33. The letters don't get their true delight, when done in haste & discomfort, nor merely done with diligence & pain, but first when they are created with love and passion.
Giambattista Bodoni
#34. Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels.
William Henry Ashley
#35. Frequently renew settled and holy resolutions. A soldier unresolved to fight may be easily defeated ... The weakness of our graces, the strength of our temptations, and the diligence of our spiritual enemies, require strong resolutions.
Stephen Charnock
#36. With diligence it is possible to make anything run slowly.
Tom Duff
#37. When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Paulo Coelho
#38. The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
Abraham Lincoln
#39. This I tell you: decay is inherent in all conditioned things. Work out your own salvation, with diligence.
Gautama Buddha
#41. 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.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
#42. We are told to "despair of nothing we would attain," as "unwearied diligence our point would gain
Jane Austen
#44. Completing the circle is both philosophical and tactical - there is a growing sense of mastery that comes with practice, diligence, and experience.
Eric Mann
#45. I am the keeper of the beast, though all men harbor a beast in the depths of their heart
callous, calamitous creatures, driven by deviant demands and derisive diligence.
From the short story What Rough Beast
Michael Hibbard
#46. China is a political beast, with the Party at its heart, and the importance of political and regulatory due diligence cannot be overstated.
Jeremy Gordon
#47. So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence, they will prevail against your soul.
John Owen
#48. It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to be called, by the generality of mankind, a particular genius.
Samuel Johnson
#49. Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.
Atul Gawande
#50. I believe you've got to do your due diligence.
Kamala Harris
#51. A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.
Roger L'Estrange
#52. The fruit we wish to pick tomorrow lies hidden in the seed of today. The goals we are to read and the problems we are to solve tomorrow depend upon today's diligence, hope and faith, today's conviction of the almightiness of good.
Ralph Johnson
#53. These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.
Giorgio Vasari
#54. Regrettably, the Aryans who invaded India and Persia intermarried with the local natives they found in these lands, losing their light complexions and blond hair, and with them their rationality and diligence. The civilisations of India and Persia consequently declined.
Yuval Noah Harari
#55. Diligence, hard work, perseverance, excellence are the values that cause things to happen.
Sunday Adelaja
#56. The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal.
Yip Man
#57. There are no men more careful of the use of means than those that are surest of a good issue and conclusion, for the one stirs up diligence in the other. Assurance of the end stirs up diligence in the means. For the soul of a believing Christian knows that God has decreed both.
Richard Sibbes
#58. Diligence does not work if there is a lack of innate talent.
Irving Stone
#59. In every situation, there's never a shortage of people who will covertly promote their own best interest.. with diligence.
T. Rafael Cimino
#60. From a bud of the evening a flower opens its petal in the dawn. The world sees the bud of the last night smiling with nectar on its lips. No one observed the diligence that was needed for the opening of each petal.
Pratibha Ray
#61. 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
#63. To be profitable, practice diligence.
To be successful, practice excellence.
To be influential, practice intelligence.
To be honorable, practice prudence.
To be blissful, practice kindness.
To be joyful, practice goodness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#64. Do not envy those who seem to be naturally gifted; it is often a curse, as such types rarely learn the value of diligence and focus, and they pay for this later in life.
Robert Greene
#65. Obviously, there's the temptation to sit back and smile, .. But there's so much at stake, we have to do our due diligence.
Ralph Neas
#66. The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Confucius
#67. Joy and patience are far above our strength ... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint ... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.
John Calvin
#68. I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.
Al Gore
#69. She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same diligence in developing her own style as well as perfecting the craft of singing. I don't think that is part of the normal assumption of who sh
Laura Joplin
#70. The path to success involves two parts. Part One is all about imagination and dreaming up a big idea. Part Two is all about having the diligence, the determination, and the tenacity needed to turn those dreams into reality. First comes the inspiration, then comes the perspiration.
Clay Clark
#71. Discipline and diligence are up there on the list, but one of the most important qualities of many really successful people is humility. If you have a degree of humility about you, you have the ability to take advice, to be coachable, teachable. A humble person never stops learning.
Todd Blackledge
#72. Effort does matter; diligence and attention to the minutest details can save you.
Atul Gawande
#73. To be a white kid into hip-hop meant you'd sought it out and you practiced the art. Which meant dedication and diligence, as well as removing yourself at least occasionally from your own comfort zone and circumstances, and from people who looked like you.
Adam Mansbach
#74. For today the petty people have become lord and master: they all preach submission and acquiescence and prudence and diligence and consideration and the long et cetera of petty virtues.
Friedrich Nietzsche
#75. In the corporate world, if you have analysts, due diligence, and no horse sense, you've just described hell.
Charlie Munger
#76. Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the older generation is to command respect, or even a hearing, from the young.
Billy Graham
#77. Truly said, We've talked to people, Mr. Cole. You've an outstanding reputation for diligence, and your integrity is above reproach.
Robert Crais
#78. Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations.
Baltasar Gracian
#79. The earth is not supposed to be developed and civilized by prayers alone, the earth is supposed to be civilized by hard work, labour and diligence.
Sunday Adelaja
#80. In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.
George Washington
#81. Active valour may often be the present of nature; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline.
Edward Gibbon
#82. Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of desire, diligence and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.
Ezra Taft Benson
#83. With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We must work out our own salvation with diligence based on what we believe.
P.D. James
#84. Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.
Scott Kahn
#85. Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
J.C. Ryle
#86. Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
Xenophon
#87. Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it.
Henry Cloud
#88. Hard work is a prophet; it foretells success. Diligence is a prophet; it foretells great success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#89. I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
John Donne
#90. It must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or cleverness or by depending on the favor of men or by trusting in the notion of good luck, but that we should always expect the Lord to direct us to the lot he has provided for us.
John Calvin
#91. I believe that the true value of life lies in work, diligence and innovation. After all, work is the essence of humanity.
Sheikh Abdullah
#92. I happen to believe that one's success comes only from responsibility, diligence and dignity. - King Hercalon V, King of Oomaldee
L.R.W. Lee
#93. There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.
Oscar Micheaux
#95. Your initial instincts about investments and people are usually correct. We do a lot of due diligence in this business and most of the time it comes out where we started.
Alan Patricof
#96. The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.
Kenneth G. Wilson
#97. The habit of misery had twisted these people, driving them to this paranoia. What had been diligence turned to desperation.
Duong Thu Huong
#98. Why should I seek for love or study it?
It is of God and passes human wit;
I study hatred with great diligence,
For that's a passion in my own control,
A sort of besom that can clear the soul
Of everything that is not mind or sense.
William Butler Yeats
#99. To read with diligence; not to rest satisfied with a light and superficial knowledge, nor quickly to assent to things commonly spoken of:
Marcus Aurelius
#100. Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
William Penn
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