Diligent Quotes

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.

I have to be very diligent about making sure I’m taking care of my body and my mind, because if I’m not, the quality of my decision making goes down.

Stop pretending there’s anything wrong with businesspeople hiring diligent laborers who will work for less. Let employers sponsor any worker and argue for why that worker should be given citizenship. Such a vetting mechanism would naturally promote the best and hardest-working.

As society has shifted from an agrarian to an urban structure, the joy and necessity of diligent, hard work have been neglected.

Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her to deliver herself from slavery and become a successful businesswoman.

My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.

I believe in being diligent but also cut yourself some slack. It’s okay in the grand scheme of life.

I think we Chinese are just as capable, as diligent, as hardworking, as peace-loving, and as creative as people everywhere.

Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

I’m generally pretty responsible and diligent, but people make mistakes.

I think there’s a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

I’m really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I’m very motivated, you know?

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

My tip is to work hard, be diligent and dedicated.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

I am not opposed to video gambling as long as it is properly regulated and regulators are diligent about keeping bad actors from having any involvement with the industry.

I know there are limits to what a coach can accomplish in improving speechmaking unless the subject is a diligent student of himself.

I’m a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents.

We can begin to become more diligent and concerned at home by telling the people we love that we love them. Such expressions do not need to be flowery or lengthy. We simply should sincerely and frequently express love.

I’ll admit that I don’t have a lot of discipline when it comes to practicing. I’m not the type of guy who sits at home with a metronome and runs through scales and stuff like that. But I do go through phases when I’ll be more diligent, and I notice that warming up and working on some patterns will make my playing cleaner.

I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades.

The spirit of Southwest Airlines is exuberant, it’s caring, it’s dedicated, it’s diligent, it’s fun, it’s rewarding, it’s a joy.

Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals.

If I weren’t a writer, I think I might have thrown myself more enthusiastically into advertising. But, it’s difficult to imagine being a diligent copywriter. It would be quite exasperating for me.

I went to Illinois. Most people think I went to Princeton or something. But I was never a diligent student.

Whatever I’ve experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I’m proud of that. But it’s someone who wakes up early, works all day, believes in charitable work, business-minded, diligent, accountable, problem-solving… I’m so much about school, consistency and tradition.

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what’s forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That’s what we call freedom.

I’ve learned to use big words. Because I’m an avid reader, I can prove myself as a smart and diligent person.

I’m a winner. I love to build. I’ve got great ideas. I’ve got the passion. I’m very diligent, and if given a chance I’ll work my rear end off to be a success.

I’ve been really diligent about going and getting screenings and mammograms, and so when I got the scare I said, ‘Thank God that I went!’ You can’t blow it off. It’s very important.