Quotes about Diligence

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.

with all prayer (Eph. 6:18)" All sorts of prayer- public, private, mental, vocal. Do not be diligent in one kind of prayer and negligent in others... let us use all.

Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.

One who prays ceaselessly is one who combines prayer with work and work with prayer.

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.

Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly, at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.

Little things are little things; but faithfulness in little things is a very great thing.

If we don't understand how seriously ill we are, we don't pursue the remedy with the required diligence. If we are slightly ill, we take an aspirin. If we are dying, we passionately pursue a cure. The cure is not forced on us; it is offered to us.4

The happy Warrior... is he... who, with a natural instinct to discern what knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn; abides by this resolve, and stops not there, but makes his moral being his prime care.

Hard work, says the Scottish proverb, never killed a man.

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.