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Diligence

Module by: Kenneth Leroy Busbee. E-mail the author

Summary: Fortune cookies about diligence, commitment and persistence.

  • Skill comes from diligence.
  • Commitment is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
  • Your persistence and diligence are appreciated by all.
  • Nothing in this world is accomplished without passion.
  • Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, and influence.
  • The mightiest oak in the forest is just a little nut that held its ground.
  • In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
  • You are ready to take on the world.
  • Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
  • Customer service is like taking a bath; you have to keep doing it.
  • When one must, one can.
  • You can make a new start this week, work hard and be diligent.
  • You can do everything you ought to do.
  • You‘ll never know what you can do until you try.
  • He who climbs a ladder must begin at the first step.
  • No one knows what he can do until he tries.
  • Follow your dreams of success and make it happen.
  • To get what you want you must commit yourself for some time.
  • If you work seriously, you will succeed.
  • Move slowly but surely to success.
  • Rome was not built in a day. Be patient.
  • Practice is the best of all instructors.
  • You are endowed with strength of purpose and energy of will.
  • Fortune cookie says; your efforts are budding.
  • Don’t let doubt and suspicion bar your progress.
  • Keep on charging the enemy so long as there is life.
  • You have the ability to over-come obstacles on the way to success.
  • Inch by inch life’s a cinch. Yard by yare life is hard.
  • A focused mind is one of the most powerful forces in the universe.
  • Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
  • Whatever is sufficient to get us to this point is insufficient to get us further.

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