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Diligence Quotes
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
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Abraham Lincoln
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
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Confucius
"Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe."
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Rumi
"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."
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Buddha
"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."
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Buddha
"Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant."
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Colin Powell
"I do the best I can."
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Kate Hudson
"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance"
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Samuel Johnson
"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."
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Theodore Roosevelt
"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox."
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Laozi
"Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear."
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William Shakespeare
"And though he were untruste, be diligent"
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Geoffrey Chaucer
"The busy bee has no time for sorrow"
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William Blake
"Fear God and work hard"
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David Livingston