Quotes about Diligence
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
— Cicero
Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.
— Abraham Lincoln
Do not waste your time on light, weak, milk
— Richard Baxter
Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go[3]
— Confucius
You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
— Anne Frank
Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.
— Michael Novak
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
— Abraham Lincoln
What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.
— Samuel Johnson
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
— John Ortberg
The Slothful do not have the time to become virtuous or despicable.
— Henry David Thoreau
Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to possess great riches and all attending blessings.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford
We need to attend diligently to the state of our soul, and to deal fervently and effectively with God about it.
— John Owen