Stick to a task, ’til it sticks to you. Beginners are many, finishers are few.” -Anonymous, as quoted in Small and Simple Things.

It is a belief of the mediocre that extreme effort kills.

You don’t need to wish harder, you need to work harder.

We still plan to make a higher tender offer, all cash, and arrange all the financing and due diligence, … if they didn’t think a guy like me was serious.

If you see yourself as other people see you, it means you are lost, you don’t know yourself and you have closed down a world class university of diligence!

Every secret of life I know, I learned at my grandfather’s knee.

Write. Don’t talk about writing. Don’t tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don’t give me a bunch of ‘somedays’. Plant your ass and scribble, type, keyboard. If you have any talent at all it...

The reward of a work is to have produced it; the reward of effort is to have grown by it.

…but since He gave it them for their benefit and the greatest conveniences of life they were capable to draw form it, it cannot be supposed He meant it should always remain common and uncultivated....

The sweeper of the street is a leader in his own respect provided he does his job well with all love, diligence and attention than anyone would do when given the same broom sticks.

Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power.

Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of her drawingup at various times of books that she meant to read regularly...

Youth is the most suitable age to enjoy the life completely or to work diligently for the life, what you decide makes your rest of the life ordinary or legendary respectively.

Dare to be competent. Competency is what makes everyone remain at peace when things are being handled by you. Watch yourself if everyone feels uncomfortable just because it’s you doing it.

Get it Right today, for today wil never come again

There exist no new mistakes anywhere. The same mistakes people committed are the same mistakes people are committing and the same mistakes shall people commit

I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men’s sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all...

Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude. He felt much as an astronomer feels...

You don’t have a silver spoon in your mouth. You have a golden spoon in your palms. Use it and feed yourself

We looked at it very closely. I probably used more due diligence on this hire than anyone I’ve ever hired before.

The entire universe has been harmoniously created and everything in it work in harmony.The sun has its rising and settling time. Seasonal changes have their own time for appearing and departing.Fruit bearing trees have their...

We’re advising consumers to use the same due diligence they normally would when purchasing a used vehicle and working to arm them with additional, current information when we become aware of it. The addition of...

I “love” reading.It makes me feel like I am swallowing up Christ, Homer, Confucius, Newton, Franklin, Socrates, Caesar, and the whole world into one gigantic invincible Sir Moffat. Mine is creative reading. I read building...

When God calls you to build 100 castles on earth and you built 98, take the 99th as if it’s the begining of your work and work hard to finish the race with all excellence....

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

Speak as educated nature suggests to you, and you will do well, but let it be educated and not raw, rude, uncultivated nature. Demosthenes took unbounded pains with his voice, and Cicero, who was naturally...

He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.

A bowl of diligence and perseverance, a cup of faith and a pinch of inspiration mixed with a spoon of contentment are the ingredients of a delicious success. Cook yours well.

Diligence and hard work sensitize you to recognize opportunity.

If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once with the feverish diligence of...

The year you were born marks only your entry into the world. Other years where you prove your worth, they are the ones worth celebrating.

Everything yields to diligence.

How I wished after all the hardships, you will immediately attain your reward. But it’s not that easy. You need to wait for the right time to come in your life. Always bear in mind...

It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may be done, I know from experience. God has given us, in a measure, the power...

Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful!’ and sitting in the shade.

Never climb the tree with the reason of plucking a fruit; only to get there and pick a leaf. Let everything you get there to do be done and let it be done well!

We’re doing our due diligence.

After completing our own due diligence, we voted both offers down unanimously, … fair.

Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.

You have to show the studio that you’ve done your due diligence.

Anytime I see a rainbow, what comes into my mind is how skillful and talented someone was to create an ark that didn’t leak through a prolong period of flood. We must work our talents...

The narrow path of the righteous is an extremely difficult path to travel. The rough road to victory is a very challenging endeavor that pushes the limits of endurance. Enormous mountains of hardship, boisterous storms...

I seem to be allergic to diligence, and Lola said, Ha. What you’re allergic to is trying.

Fame is not the reason why brands are created and erected. Be diligent, focused and chain unceasing prayers to God who will continue giving you cheers.

The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the...

Diligence and Application have their due Encouragement, even in the remotest Parts of the World, and that no Case can be so low, so despicable, or so empty of Prospect, but that an unwearied Industry...

Study God’s word to show thyself approved and be prepared for the tests that we are given. They make our faith stronger and our character more mature, so that our lives better glorify the Lord.

We have done a tremendous amount of due diligence. We do not believe today’s stock price at Fritz reflects the value of the company when integrated with UPS. We also believe while the company has...

Watch out for what people commend you for and do it diligently. Don’t stop if compliments no longer come.