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• Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Agriculture, Tree, Littles

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• These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.

  Elizabeth Kostova

  Atheist, Saint, Culture

  Elizabeth Kostova (2008). “The Historian”, Little, Brown

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• There is only one safeguard against error, and that is to be established in the faith; and for that, there has to be prayerful and diligent study, and a receiving with meekness the engrafted Word of God. Only then are we fortified against the attacks of those who assail us.

  Arthur W. Pink

  Errors, Receiving, Study

  Arthur W. Pink (2001). “A.W. Pink's Studies in the Scriptures - 1930-31, Volume 5 of 17”, p.73, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."

  Confucius

  Men, People, Perfect

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• Let's be diligent in giving, careful in our living, and faithful in
  our praying.

  Jack Hyles

  Giving, Faithful, Praying

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• There is always a sneer in Las Vegas. The mountains around it sneer. The desert sneers. And arrogant in the middle of its wide valley, dominating those diligent sprawling suburbs, the downtown city sneers like anything.

  Jan Morris

  Vegas, Cities, Mountain

  Jan Morris (1985). “Journeys”, p.24, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when that isn't always the case, his attitude is more fruitful since, in the hope of undertaking a hundred projects, followed up by diligent action, the optimist will end up completing fifty. Conversely, in limiting himself to undertake a mere ten, the pessimist might complete five at best and often fewer, since he'll devote little energy to a task he feels to be doomed from the start.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Attitude, Work Out, Energy

  Matthieu Ricard (2011). “The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill”, p.173, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in his looks he is careful to be kind, in his manner to be respectful, in his words to be sincere, in his work to be diligent. When in doubt he is careful to ask for information; when angry he has a care for the consequences; and when he sees a chance for gain, he thinks carefully whether the pursuits of it would be right.

  Confucius

  Caring, Thinking, Gentleman

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• Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

  Chanakya

  Kings, Home, Practice

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• Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God. If we would trust God for our persecuted brothers and sisters in other countries, we must be diligent in prayer for their rulers. If we would trust God when decisions of government in our own country go against our best interests, we must pray for His working in the hearts of those officials and legislators who make those decisions. The truth that the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord is meant to be a stimulus to prayer, not a stimulus to a fatalistic attitude.

  Jerry Bridges

  Country, Brother, Kings

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.81, NavPress

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• We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.

  John Dryden

  Truth, Mean, Helping

  John Dryden (1808). “The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author”, p.37

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• He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.

  James Reston, Jr.

  Hard Work, Instinct, Quaker

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• Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

  Alexander MacLaren

  God, Faith, Christian

  Alexander Maclaren (1869). “Sermons preached in Manchester”, p.57

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• The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.

  Samuel Smiles

  Teacher, School, College

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• When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject if I have a serious interest in it.

  Dean Koontz

  Class, Serious, Formal

  Dean Koontz: The Official Website, June 16, 2006.

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• Those who become enamoured of the art, without having previously applied to the diligent study of the scientific part of it, may be compared to mariners who put to the sea in a ship without rudder or compass and therefore cannot be certain of arriving at the wished for port.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, Sea, Arriving

  Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “A Treatise on Painting: "Translated from the Original Italian"”, p.216, eKitap Projesi via PublishDrive

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• No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Journey, Matter, Made

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• I read a lot, but at the same time I'm not a particularly good or diligent or discriminating reader. I go through maybe close to a thousand or more books a year, but a lot of times I'll only read bits and pieces of any one individual text.

  Dan Chaon

  Book, Years, Pieces

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• Through persistent, effective, and diligent work, a person can accumulate knowledge in the form of facts, data, information, and experience. Intelligence, however, can only be gained through obedience. Thus, knowledge is a prerequisite to and foundation for true spiritual intelligence.

  David A. Bednar

  Spiritual, Data, Foundation

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• When he [the slothful person] is pressed to be diligent, either in his worldly affairs or in the business of religion, this is his excuse (and a sorry excuse it is as bad as none).

  Matthew Henry

  Sorry, Affair, Excuse

  Matthew Henry (197?). “Job to Song of Solomon”

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• The Norfolk people are quick and smart in their motions and their speaking. Very neat and trim in all their farming concerns and very skilful. Their land is good, their roads are level, and the bottom of their soil is dry, to be sure; and these are great advantages; but they are diligent and make the most of everything.

  William Cobbett

  Smart, Land, People

  William Cobbett, James Paul Cobbett (1853). “Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey ... [etc.] in the Years 1821, 1822, 1823, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830 and 1832, with Economical and Political Observations Relative to Matters Applicable To, and Illustrated By, the State of Those Counties Respectively”, p.53

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• 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.

  DMX

  Boys, Drawing, And Love

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• As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Mistake, Kids, Parent

  Source: collider.com

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• How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study of its Persian Latin has become familiar with that incomparable book stirred by that spirit to the very depth of his Soul !

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Latin, Book, Soul

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• As we seek the Lord's help and in His strength, we can gradually reduce the disparity between what we say and what we do, between expressing love and consistently showing it, and between bearing testimony and steadfastly living it. We can become more diligent and concerned at home as we are more faithful in learning, living, and loving the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.

  David A. Bednar

  Jesus, Home, Faithful

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