Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results. -David A. Bednar
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. -Samuel Johnson
For dreams to come true, it requires diligence. Believing is the most important thing! -Yunho
“The natural consequence of diligence and persistence is competence and success.” ― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty ‘n’ Worthy African Proverbs – Volume 1
Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them. -Benjamin Franklin
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. -Arnold Palmer
Diligence is not easy, but we can’t reach our goals without it. -Henry Cloud
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. -Abigail Adams
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. -Confucius
Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better. -John Carmack
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“Life is a gift, and i try to respond with grace and courtesy” -Maya Angelou
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Don’t flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man’s cruelty and baseness. -Bryant H. McGill
The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required. -Joseph B. Wirthlin
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. -Bryant H. McGill
Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with. -John Wanamaker
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. -Christian Nestell Bovee
Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of a dinner conversation with people who matter to you? You can’t wait five minutes before staring at your phone? -Martin Cooper
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. -Saint Basil
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. -Henry Clay
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. -Jacques Maritain
I’ve met the Queen a couple of times, and she’s been delightful. In fact, I often find myself thinking: ‘What would the Queen do in this situation? Write a thank-you note? Yes, I’ll do that.’ She’s all about courtesy. -Jools Holland
Courtesy should be a continuous action, not something to be turned on and off like a faucet. -Anonymous
The grace of God is courtesy. -Hilaire Belloc
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“I spent my young adult years postponing many of the small things that I knew would make me happy…I was fortunate enough to realize that I would never have the time unless I made the time. And then the rest of my life began.” ― Chris Peterson
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“My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon.” ― Mizuta Masahide (17th century Japanese poet and samurai)
“If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.” ― Shane Koyczan
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” ― Margaret Thatcher
“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ― Nelson Mandela
“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) clergyman and social reformer
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you somebody else is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.” e. e. cummings (1894-1962), poet, essayist, and playwright
“Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” –E.B. White
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