Quotes on Diligence

"Work With Delight"

I slept and dreamt that life was joy.

I awoke and saw that life was duty.

I acted and behold duty was joy.

Rabindranath Tagore

"The Joy Of Immersion"

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers toward some great end. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

Phil Jackson

"Divide And Conquer"

If thy Business be perplexed, divide it, and look upon all its Parts and sides.

Thomas Fuller

"Greatness Through Perseverance"

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Samuel Johnson

"Community Effort"

Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Not Happening"

One of these days is none of these days.

Saying

"Hack Away"

Many strokes fell tall Oaks.

John Clarke

"Over Time"

Dripping water hollows a stone.

Lucretius

"Work With The Law of Accumulation"

Drop upon drop collected will make a river. Rivers upon rivers collected will make a sea.

Sa'di

"Give It All You Got"

It is not enough to do a good deed. One must be involved in it wholeheartedly. Each action should be performed with life and soul, with every limb, with all one's vitality.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

"I Can"

I am only one, but still, I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. And, because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do what I can.

Edward Everett Hale

"How To Gain Self-Esteem"

Tackling a job that seems worth doing, and doing it in a competent manner, is...the best way for a person to gain self-esteem.

John Holt

"Declare Independence"

Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.

Thomas Jefferson

"Bootstraps. If You've Got 'Em"

It's all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Do Hard Things"

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Thomas Fuller

 "Save The Best for Last"

The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains
Benjamin Franklin

"Looking Busy"

Never mistake motion for action.

Ernest Hemingway

"Because Winter Comes"

Make hay while the sun shineth.
John Clark

"Think Forward"

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Howard Ruff

"Looking Busy?"

To be employ'd in useless Things is half to be idle.

Thomas Fuller

Toil is man's allotment; toil of the brain, or toil of the hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Herman Melville

"A Man Also Rich In Good Deeds"

I believe
in an all-wise and all-loving God…
and that the individual’s highest fulfillment,
greatest happiness, and widest usefulness
are to be found in living in harmony with His will.
I believe
that love is the greatest thing in the world;
that it alone can overcome hate;
that right can and will triumph over might.
I believe
that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.
I believe
that every right implies a responsibility:
every opportunity, and obligation; every possession, a duty.
I believe
that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind
and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice
is the dross of selfishness consumed
and the greatness of the human soul set free.
I believe
in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand;
that the world owes no man a living
but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living
I believe
in the sacredness of a promise,
that a man’s word should be as good as his bond;
that character- not wealth or power or position- is of supreme worth
I believe
that thrift is essential to well-ordered living
and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure,
whether in government, business or personal affairs.
I believe
in the supreme worth of the individual
and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

"Brother, Help Thyself"

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm.

Swedish proverb

"Get 'Er Done"

Sooner begun, sooner done...The first and last steps are usually the hardest.

Saying (English)

"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

If there's no wind, row.

Unknown

"Bend And Dig"

The man who wants a garden fair,
Or small or very big,
With flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.
The things are mighty few on earth
That wishes can attain.
Whate’er we want of any worth
We’ve got to work to gain.
It matters not what goals you seek,
Its secret here reposes:
You’ve got to work from week to week
To get Results or Roses.
Edgar A. Guest

"Waver Not"

The power of a man increases steadily by continuance in one direction.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"This He Shall Also Reap"

Work in every hour; paid or unpaid, see only that thou work; and thou canst not escape the reward.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Purpose Driven Work"

"Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose."
Leonardo Da Vinci

"Work And Pray"

Work as if you were to live 100 years, Pray as if you were to die To-morrow.

Benjamin Franklin

"Opportunity In Disguise"

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them
Esther P. Lederer

"The Highest Reward"

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.
John Ruskin

"Yes. We. Can"

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt...Whenever we do what we can, we immediately can do more. James Freeman Clarke

"Be Prepared"

The more you prepare, the luckier you appear.

Terry Josephson

"Easy Living:

Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.
Benjamin Franklin

"Less Work Is More Work"

Laziness means more work in the long run.
C.S. Lewis

"If I Only Had The Chance"

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Sir Francis Bacon

"Perseverance"

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

Newt Gingrich

"Taking Pains"

Genius prepares with difficulty and executes with ease.

Anonymous

"Do It Well"

If a task is once begun,

never leave it till it's done.

Be the labor great or small,

Do it well or not at all.

Anonymous

"Strive"

If you're coasting, you're going downhill.
L.W. Pierson

"Adjust The Sails"

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward

"Irons In The Fire"

If you have many Irons in the Fire, some will burn.
Thomas Fuller

"Active Pleasures Or Useful Employments"

No indolence, no laziness; but employ every minute in your life in active pleasures or useful employments.

Lord Chesterfield

"Always Doing"

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Thomas Jefferson

"Hustle While You Wait"

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Thomas Alva Edison

"Efficiency"

Work smarter,  not harder.

Ron Carswell

"Lovely Harvest"

Sweet is the fruit of labor.

 John Clarke

"Work Defined"

Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself, measures his worth, and his humanity.

Peter F. Drucker

"Love What You Do"

When work is a pleasure, life is joy. When work is a duty, life is slavery.

Maxim Gorky

"Do The Most"

In any given group, the most will do the least and the least the most.

Merle P. Martin

"With Benefits"

Work...is desirable, first and foremost, as a preventative of boredom...It (also) makes holidays much more delicious when they come.

Bertrand Russell

"Work Can Feel Like Play"

It's not work if you love what you're doing.

Steve Sears

"Blood To The Brain"

Physical labor not only does not exclude the possibility of mental activity, but improves and stimulates it.

Leo Tolstoy

"Why Work?"

Work keeps at bay three great evils; boredom, vice, and need.

Voltaire