“Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.”
Charles Kingsley
“Before you start to consider your limits, you should consider that you were born limitless.”
Michal Harcej
“Own initiative is a tooth in the key for door of success”
“Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.”
Buddha
“Members have a lot of respect for the kind of diligence and hard work (exhibited by Burr), ... It's been a very important service (for Burr) to develop that expertise.”
Ted Kennedy
“I've always emulated her work ethic because she was one of the few skaters that didn't lose her temper, that would have a bad day, but have a great attitude, come back and try again. That was a huge lesson for me to learn.”
Sasha Cohen
“There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.”
Antisthenes