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Diligence5 quotes
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Constancy in love is a good thing, but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens · 1852Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615Whether we consider the manual industry of the poor, or the intellectual exertions of the superior classes, we shall find that diligent occupation, if not criminally perverted from its end, is at once the instrument of virtue and the secret of happiness. Man cannot be safely trusted with a life of leisure. — Hannah More · 1813Hard work3 quotes
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615Whether we consider the manual industry of the poor, or the intellectual exertions of the superior classes, we shall find that diligent occupation, if not criminally perverted from its end, is at once the instrument of virtue and the secret of happiness. Man cannot be safely trusted with a life of leisure. — Hannah More · 1813Idleness2 quotes
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615Whether we consider the manual industry of the poor, or the intellectual exertions of the superior classes, we shall find that diligent occupation, if not criminally perverted from its end, is at once the instrument of virtue and the secret of happiness. Man cannot be safely trusted with a life of leisure. — Hannah More · 1813Persistence2 quotes
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Butterfly effect1 quote
Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Consistency1 quote
Constancy in love is a good thing, but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens · 1852Fortune1 quote
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615Good luck1 quote
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Incremental progress1 quote
Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Leisure1 quote
Whether we consider the manual industry of the poor, or the intellectual exertions of the superior classes, we shall find that diligent occupation, if not criminally perverted from its end, is at once the instrument of virtue and the secret of happiness. Man cannot be safely trusted with a life of leisure. — Hannah More · 1813Love1 quote
Constancy in love is a good thing, but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens · 1852Luck1 quote
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736